From "Stuff"
A top-ranked Anglican church leader, second only to the Archbishop of Canterbury, is headed to New Plymouth for an historic celebration in March.
The Archbishop of York, the Most Reverend and Right Honourable John Sentamu and his wife Margaret will be the guests of honour when St Mary's Pro-Cathedral becomes the church's newest full cathedral.
The cathedral will be unique in the Anglican world and that's one reason a person of Dr Sentamu's seniority is making the trip.
Bishop of Taranaki Philip Richardson said it was a tremendous honour to have someone of Dr Sentamu's standing, courage and character to share the big occasion.
Dr Sentamu was a high court judge in Uganda but fled the murderous Idi Amin's military dictatorship after being involved in a case where one of Amin's cousins was imprisoned.
He was appointed Archbishop of York in 2005, becoming Britain's foremost black church leader.
Bishop Richardson informed the St Mary's congregation yesterday that the church's promotion to becoming a full cathedral had been confirmed and that Dr Sentamu would be a guest at the ceremony, officiated by former archbishop and New Zealand governor-general Sir Paul Reeves.
St Mary's will be the seat of a separate Taranaki bishopric, while remaining part of the Waikato Diocese.
It's an arrangement that will see the diocese have two full bishops and two cathedrals, St Mary's in New Plymouth and the Cathedral Church of St Peter in Hamilton.
The arrangement is a first for the Anglican Church.
More here-
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/2757581/Unique-status-for-Taranaki-cathedral
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