Anglican Taonga • bit.ly/2humknJTonga Gains Anglican Bishop September 25, 2017 News Tonga, the Pacific island nation dubbed “the Friendly Isles” by Captain James Cook, now has an Anglican bishop. A congregation of 300 witnessed the consecration of the Rt. Rev. ‘Afa Vaka. He will lead a newly constituted episcopal unit in the Diocese of Polynesia. Anglican mission work began in Tonga in 1902 under an English bishop, the Rt. Rev Alfred Willis. Anglicans represent a small proportion of Christians in a nation comprising 169 islands and a population of just over 100,000. The Wesleyan Methodist Church is the established state church of Tonga, although both Roman Catholics and Mormons outnumber Methodists. John Martin Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
