Victor Richard Ellena (born 15 January 1951 in Christchurch) is a New Zealand Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of NelsonWho's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 between 3 February 2007 and his retirement at the end of 2018.
He was educated at the University of Canterbury after which he worked as a teacher until studying for the Priesthood. He was ordained an Anglican priest in 1985 and has held incumbencies at Kensington-Otipua,Bishop’s Biography Blenheim and Marlborough, where he was also the area's Archdeacon. NZ clerical Directory
He was consecrated bishop of the Diocese of Nelson at 3 February 2007.ACANZP Lectionary, 2019 (p. 145) An Evangelical Anglican, he is a supporter of the Anglican realignment, having attended the Global South Fourth Encounter, in Singapore, at 19–23 April 2010, and the GAFCON II, in Nairobi, Kenya, at 21–26 October 2013.Gafcon looks to the future, 25 October 2013, Church Times, London
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