Archdeacon Broome’s Collation, Evensong, 5pm Sunday 27 August
The Venerable Dr Deborah Broome has been appointed as Archdeacon of the church communities of Hawke’s Bay Cities and Hawke’s Bay Coast within the Anglican Diocese of Waiapu.
The formal installation of Deborah as Archdeacon – known in the Anglican church as ‘collation’ for the legal appointment and blessing – will be at the Evensong service at Waiapu Cathedral in Napier on Sunday 27 August at 5.00pm.
The service will be followed by refreshments for the congregation, especially visitors coming from other parishes in Hawke’s Bay to support Deborah.
In her role as Archdeacon, Deborah assists Bishop Andrew Hedge to support the parishes in Hawke’s Bay Cities (churches in Napier and Hastings) and Hawke’s Bay Coast (from Clive and Havelock North south to central and southern Hawke’s Bay including Dannevirke and Woodville) with pastoral and clergy care. She continues to serve as Ministry Educator in Hawke’s Bay, supporting clergy and parishioners with theology and biblical education.
We congratulate Deborah on her appointment and look forward to a beautiful choral Evensong service on Sunday!
Background
The Diocese of Waiapu was formed in 1858 and is named for the region within which the Gospel was first preached by Māori evangelists in 1834. Waiapu later became the host and supporting diocese for the first Bishop of Aotearoa in 1928, and subsequently for the Bishopric of Aotearoa in 1978.
Following the adoption of the 1992 Constitution ’Te Pouhere’, which rearranged the Anglican Church into three Tikanga or cultural streams, the name Waiapu was gifted by the Māori Anglican Church to remain with the Diocese as a reminder of the shared whakapapa between Te Pīhopatanga o Aotearoa and the Diocese of Waiapu.
The Waiapu diocese covers parishes from Omokoroa, just north of Tauranga, across the Bay of Plenty to East Cape, and south through Tauranga, Rotorua, Taupō to Turangi and across the Ruahine Ranges to Woodville and the coastal communities.
The name comes from the Waiapu River on the East Coast – as the tribal whakatauaki says, ‘Ko Hikurangi te maunga, ko Waiapu te awa, ko Ngāti Porou te iwi’.
The river was a rich source of life in this region of Tairāwhiti and it was in this valley that the Gospel was first introduced to local Māori iwi through contact with the Ngā Puhi people of Northland.