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Diocese of Banks and Torres

Diocese of Banks and Torres

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For the Anglican bishop in the Torres Straits, see Anglican Diocese of North Queensland.

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The Diocese of Banks and Torres is one of the nine current dioceses of the Anglican Church of Melanesia.

The Banks Islands are a group of islands in northern Vanuatu. Together with the Torres Islands to the northwest, they make up the northernmost province of Torba.

Founded on 12 May 1996 and currently made up of thirteen islands, divided into three regions and sixteen districts (parishes), the diocese was the first from which indigenous Melanesians were ordained into the priesthood. Veverao, on Mota, was the first Christian village established, and the Mota language was used by the first Christian missions to Melanesia. The Mass was first celebrated there by John Patteson.

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References

  1. [1]
    List of small publications in the Archives of the Anglican Church of Melanesia (in the National Archives of Solomon Islands) p. 20. (Accessed 30 August 2016)
  2. [2]
    Small publications, p. 26. (Accessed 30 August 2016)
  3. [3]
    Anglican Church of Melanesia — Diocese of Guadalcanal (Accessed 3 September 2016)
  4. [4]
    Anglican Church of Melanesia — COM Consecrated new Bishop for DOBT (Accessed 30 August 2016)

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