The Anglican Diocese of Christchurch is a regional jurisdiction within the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand, and Polynesia.
Our geographical area of work is the central portion of the South Island of New Zealand.
Our Diocese serves the central portion of the South Island which includes the Canterbury and Westland regions along with the Chatham Islands.
Our Bishops
After the Anglican Bishop of New Zealand (George Selwyn) in 1841, the first Bishop of Christchurch was Henry John Chitty Harper in 1856.
The following are all of our bishops including our current ninth Bishop of Christchurch, Peter Carrell.
George Augustus Selwyn MA (Cantab) DD (Hon) (Oxon & Cantab)
1809-1878
Bishop of New Zealand 1841-1867
Henry John Chitty Harper MA (Oxon) DD(Hon) (Oxon)
1804-1893
Bishop of Christchurch 1856-1890
Primate 1868-1890
Churchill Julius MA (Oxon) DD (Hon) (Oxon) LLD (Hon) (Cantab)
1847-1938
Bishop of Christchurch 1890-1925
Primate 1922-1925
Campbell West West-Watson CMG KStJ MA (Cantab) DD (Hon) (Cantab)
1908-1953
Bishop of the Diocese of Christchurch 1926-1951
Primate and Archbishop 1940-1951
Alwyn Keith Warren CMG MC MA (Oxon)
1900-1988
Bishop of the Diocese of Christchurch 1951-1966
William Allan Pyatt CBE MA (Auckland)
1916-1991
Bishop of the Diocese of Christchurch 1966-1983
Maurice John Goodall MBE BA (Canterbury) Lth Dip Social Work CQSW
1928-2010
Bishop of the Diocese of Christchurch 1984-1990
David John Coles MA(Hons) (Auckland) BD (Otago) MTh (Otago)
Dip R Ed Melbourne) PhD (Manchester)
1943-
Bishop of the Diocese of Christchurch 1990-2008
Victoria Matthews
BA (Toronto) M Div (Yale & Berkley) ThM ( Toronto) DD (Hon) Toronto
1954-
Bishop of Christchurch 2008-2018
Peter Ruane Carrell
BA (Canterbury) BD (Otago) PhD (Durham)
Bishop of Christchurch Anglican Diocese, The Rt Rev’d Dr Peter Carrell, BSc (Hons), BD, PhD.
1959-
Bishop of Christchurch 2008-
