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Ross Bay has been elected as the new Anglican Bishop of Auckland.
The Dean of Parnell's Holy Trinity Cathedral, 44-year-old Bay is being touted as further evidence that the church is placing its trust in a new generation of leaders.
Reverend Bay will lead the country's largest Anglican diocese with more than 170,000 Anglicans - almost one third of New Zealand's Anglican population - living in Auckland.
Bay was born and raised in Papatoetoe and started his working life at the Bank of New Zealand. After his theological training, he served as an assistant priest at the Cathedral from 1990 to 1992.
A period overseas included postgraduate study before he returned as the Vicar of Ellerslie. He was commissioned as Archdeacon of Auckland in 2006 and in 2007 was appointed Dean and Vicar General.
As Dean of Holy Trinity Cathedral Ross was thrust into the international spotlight when Sir Edmund Hillary died and the Cathedral was chosen for his state funeral.
"We're not just this little group in this particular parish. We also belong to something much wider than that: the diocese, the three Tikanga church here in Aotearoa New Zealand, and the worldwide Anglican Communion."
The present Bishop of Auckland, John Paterson, will retire in March next year.
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