Brown Turei | |
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Primate of New Zealand and Archbishop Te Pīhopa o Aotearoa and Te Pīhopa o Te Tairāwhiti | |
Province | Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia |
Diocese | Te Pīhopatanga o Te Tairāwhiti |
In office | 2006–2017 (Primate) 2005–2017 (Aotearoa) 1992–2017 (Tairāwhiti) |
Personal details | |
Born | Ōpōtiki, New Zealand | 12 December 1924
Died | 9 January 2017 Gisborne, New Zealand | (aged 92)
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Spouse | Mihi Turei |
Alma mater | Saint John’s College |
William Brown Turei ONZM (12 December 1924 – 9 January 2017) was the Archbishop, Te Pīhopa o Aotearoa/Bishop of Aotearoa (senior bishop of the Māori Tikanga) and Primate/Te Pīhopa Mataamua of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. He shared the primacy with Philip Richardson, archbishop for the New Zealand dioceses, and Winston Halapua, Bishop of Polynesia.