Anglican Diocese Of Dunedin
The Diocese of Dunedin is one of the thirteen dioceses and hui amorangi of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The diocese covers the same area as the provinces of Otago and Southland in the South Island of New Zealand. Area 65,990 km², population 272,541 (2001). Anglicans are traditionally the third largest religious group in Otago and Southland after Presbyterians and Roman Catholics.
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The diocese was established in 1869. The seat of the Bishop of Dunedin is St Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin.
The diocese has a total of 33 parishes. The adaption of "Local Shared Ministry" has been a strategy by which local people are ordained to serve in a parish which cannot afford to support fulltime professional clergy.
The diocese includes Anglo-Catholic, broad and Evangelical parishes.
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