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New Bishop of Polynesia named

11:07 am on 13 November 2018

The Reverend Fereimi Cama has been elected as the new Anglican Bishop of Polynesia.

Reverend Fereimi Cama Photo: Supplied/ Anglican Taonga

It will make him the joint leader of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.

Bishop-elect Cama is to succeed Winston Halapua.

He was raised a Methodist but became an Anglican in the 1980s, later training at St John's College in Auckland.