The Diocese of Malaita is one of the ten current dioceses of the Anglican Church of Melanesia. One of the four original ACOM dioceses, Malaita diocese was erected in January 1975; it is currently subdivided into six regions of 46 parishes.
Malaita Province is the most populous and one of the largest of the nine provinces of Solomon Islands. It is named after its largest island, Malaita. In 2024, parts of Malaita Island, South Malaita Island and Sikaiana were carved off into the newly formed Diocese of Southern Malaita and Sikaiana.
List of bishops Bishops of Malaita From Until Incumbent Notes 1975 1981 Leonard Alufurai First bishop; consecrated assistant bishop in the Diocese of Melanesia on 30 November 1963.Solomon Encyclopedia — Alufurai, Leonard (Accessed 4 September 2016) 1982 1989 Willie Pwaisiho Second bishop. 1990 1994 Raymond Aumae Third bishop; consecrated and installed on 20 May 1990.List of small publications in the Archives of the Anglican Church of Melanesia (in the National Archives of Solomon Islands) p. 16. (Accessed 30 August 2016) 1996 2008 Terry Brown Fourth bishop; consecrated and installed on 26 May 1996.Small publications, p. 20. (Accessed 30 August 2016) 2008 present Sam Sahu Fifth bishop; consecrated and installed on 2 November 2008.Small publications, p. 33. (Accessed 30 August 2016) Assistant bishops 2005 2017 Alfred Hou Consecrated 27 November 2005Anglican Communion News Service, 1 July 2005 — New Assistant Bishop for Diocese of Malaita (Accessed 18 February 2020) 2017 2024 Rickson Maomaoru Consecrated 22 October 2017.Anglican Church of Melanesian — ACOM Consecrates Maomaoru as Assistant Bishop of Malaita (Accessed 18 February 2020) Translated to Southern Malaita and Sikaiana, 2024.
References
Sources Anglican Church of Melanesia — Diocese of Malaita