LEADERS of the Anglican Church of Melanesia yesterday elected a new archbishop.
He is the Rt Rev David Vunagi who is currently the Bishop of the Diocese of Temotu. Bishop Vunagi was elected to the highest Episcopal position by the Provincial electoral board.
The election was held at Tetete Ni Kolivuti; headquarters of the Sisters of the Church, east of Honiara.
This election became necessary following the retirement of former archbishop, Sir Ellison Pogo December 9 last year.
Bishop Vunagi, who has served in the Episcopal ministry in the last eight years in the Diocese of Temotu will be enthroned as the fifth Archbishop of Melanesia on 31 May 2009 in Honiara.
Prior to serving in the Church as a Clergy, and then as a bishop, he was a teacher by profession teaching at the government school at KGVI and the Anglican Church of Melanesia school Selwyn College.
Bishop Vunagi from Samasodu in Isabel Province was educated at KG VI Secondary School from 1968 to 1973.
He obtained a Diploma of Education in Science from the University of the South Pacific in Fiji in 1976, and later a Bachelor of Education in Biology from the University of Papua New Guinea in 1982.
In his theological training, the Archbishop-elect obtained Bachelor of Theology from St. John’s College in Auckland, New Zealand in 1990.
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