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Tonga

Bishop Graham Usher's Call for Unity in Biodiversity and Climate Action

The Bishop of Norwich, Graham Usher, has reflected on the COP 16 Biodiversity Conference, and looks ahead to the COP 29 Conference.

05 November 2024

Anglican Diocese of Polynesia launches emergency appeal for people of Tonga

The Anglican Diocese of Polynesia and Anglican Missions have launched an appeal for the people of Tonga after volcanic eruption.

19 January 2022

Tonga’s Royal Family helps settle noble language for God in new Anglican liturgy

Translators had to balance Tonga’s most formal patterns of speech with language Anglicans might want to use when they relate to Jesus.

14 December 2020

States must listen to churches over peace-building

Governments should acknowledge role of churches in peace-building, according to the Anglican Communion’s representative at the UN.

18 September 2019

Young Polynesian Anglicans put disaster training into action as Cyclone Gita his Tonga

As Cyclone Gita headed towards Tonga, a group of young Anglicans gathered at their Church in Nuku’alofa to prepare their response.

15 February 2018

Celebrations as Tonga’s first bishop symbolises “a bird that has begun to fly”

The first constitutional bishop for the Pacific island nation of Tonga is its third bishop since Anglican missionary Alfred Willis arrived in 1902.

19 September 2017

Cyclone Winston: Church responds to widespread damage in Fiji

The largest storm ever recorded in the region struck the islands of Fiji over the weekend, after causing widespread damage in Tonga. The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia is already working to assess the damage and begin its response. 

22 February 2016

Archbishop of York Visits Churches and Communities in Samoa, Tonga and Fiji

The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu is to visit Samoa, Tonga and Fiji to lead a series of Leadership Reflections on Climate Change

28 July 2015