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St Mary's, the Taranaki Cathedral (11045355415)
Taranaki Cathedral

The Taranaki Cathedral, the Church of St Mary, in New Plymouth, is the newest cathedral in the Anglican Communion: a parish church from 1842 to 2010, it was consecrated as a cathedral in the Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki on 6 March that year. On 28 June 1984, the building was registered as a Category I heritage structure by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust (now Heritage New Zealand), with registration number 148.

List of Deans

The Dean is the head of the chapter of canons and is one of the senior priests of the diocese.

  • 2010–2016: Jamie Allen
  • 2016–2018: Peter Beck
  • 2018: Ross Falconer
  • 2018–2020: Trevor Harrison
  • 2020: Jaqui Patterson and Jay Ruka
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