Brown Turei


Brown Turei

Primate of New Zealand and Archbishop
Te Pīhopa o Aotearoa
and Te Pīhopa o Te Tairāwhiti
Turei in 2016
ProvinceAnglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
DioceseTe Pīhopatanga o Te Tairāwhiti
In office2006–2017 (Primate)
2005–2017 (Aotearoa)
1992–2017 (Tairāwhiti)
Personal details
Born(1924-12-12)12 December 1924
Ōpōtiki, New Zealand
Died9 January 2017(2017-01-09) (aged 92)
Gisborne, New Zealand
DenominationAnglicanism
SpouseMihi Turei
Alma materSaint 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.