Jabez Bryce, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jabez Bryce

Tongan archbishop

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1935

Place of Birth: Vavaʻu, Tonga

Date of Death: 11-Feb-2010

Profession: priest

Nationality: New Zealand

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Jabez Bryce

  • Jabez Leslie Bryce (January 1935 – February 11, 2010) was a Tongan-born Anglican bishop.
  • He was the Bishop of Polynesia in the Province of New Zealand, which includes most of the South Pacific.
  • He served from 1975 until his death in 2010.
  • He was elevated to Archepiscopacy of the diocese in 2006. Bryce was the first Pacific Islander to become an Anglican bishop.
  • At the time of his death in 2010, he was the longest serving bishop in the worldwide Anglican Communion.Bryce was born in Vava?u, Tonga.
  • He was raised in Samoa and trained for the Anglican ministry in Auckland, New Zealand.He was named the Bishop of the Diocese of Polynesia in 1975 and consecrated a bishop, presented and installed on 11 May 1975.
  • He was based in Suva, Fiji, where he lived for more than 50 years.As bishop, Bryce advocated for a number of causes affecting the Pacific Islands region.
  • During the 1970s, Bryce became a leading opponent of French nuclear testing in Mururoa Atoll, French Polynesia.
  • More recently, Bryce spoke out strongly against both the 2000 and 2006 coups. He was a member of the Pacific Conference of Churches.
  • He also served within the World Council of Churches as the president of the Pacificregion.
  • Bryce became the Archbishop and Co-presiding Bishop from 2006.
  • In 2008, he became the Primate, or Tikanga Pasefika, of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. Bryce died on 11 February 2010, in Suva, Fiji, after a short illness.
  • He was survived by his wife Tilisi and two children.

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