Anglican Church of Melanesia

Anglican Church of Melanesia
ClassificationProtestant
OrientationAnglican
ScriptureHoly Bible
TheologyAnglican doctrine
PolityEpiscopal
PrimateLeonard Dawea
HeadquartersHoniara, Solomon Islands
TerritorySolomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia
Members409,000
Official websitewww.acom.org.sb

The Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACoM), also known as the Church of the Province of Melanesia and the Church of Melanesia (COM), is a church of the Anglican Communion and includes nine dioceses in Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia. The Archbishop of Melanesia is Leonard Dawea. He succeeds the retired archbishop George Takeli. In 2017, Growth and Decline in the Anglican Communion: 1980 to the Present, published by Routledge, collected research reporting there were 409,000 Anglicans in Melanesia.

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