Ross Bay

New Zealand bishop

Not to be confused with Rohss Bay, a bay in Antarctica.

The Right Reverend

Ross Bay

QSM OStJ

Bishop of Auckland

Bay in 2022

Church| Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
Orders
Ordination| 1989 (deacon)
1989 (priest)
Consecration| 17 April 2010
Personal details
Born|

Ross Graham Bay

1965 (age 59-60)
Nationality| New Zealand
Denomination| Anglican
Residence| Auckland, New Zealand
Spouse| Jacquie Bay
Alma mater|

* Bible College of New Zealand
* Australian College of Theology
* London University

Ross Graham Bay OStJ QSM (born 1965) has been the 11th Bishop of Auckland in the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia since 17 April 2010.[1]

## Biography

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Bay was born in Auckland and educated in Papatoetoe, before studying theology at the Bible College of New Zealand and St John's College, Auckland. He was ordained in 1989 and began his ministry with curacies in Kohimarama and Holy Trinity Cathedral, Auckland. Later he was priest assistant at St Matthew's, Auckland, and then vicar of Ellerslie. He became the vicar of St Mark's Remuera in 2001 and was appointed Archdeacon of Auckland in 2006.

Bay's last post before being ordained to the episcopate, at age 45, was as the 8th Dean of Holy Trinity Cathedral from 2007 to 2010.[2][3] While Dean of Holy Trinity, he officiated the funeral of Sir Edmund Hillary on 22 January 2008.[4]

Bay currently serves on the board of governors for private secondary schools King's College and Diocesan School for Girls which both have strong links to the Anglican church.[5][6] Other governance roles include Chairman of the Diocesan Council, Chairman of Trustee of King's College, Trustee of the General Trust Board, General Church Trust Board, Auckland City Mission and president of the Selwyn Foundation.[7] Bay is a volunteer officer in the Auckland Operational Support Unit of Fire and Emergency New Zealand.[2][7]

## Honours and awards

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In 2020, Bay was appointed an Officer of the Order of St John.[8] In the 2022 Queen's Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours, he was awarded the Queen's Service Medal, for services to Fire and Emergency New Zealand and the community.[9]

## References

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1. ^ "ACANZP Lectionary" (PDF). Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. 2019. p. 145.
2. ^ a b "Bishop & Episcopal Team". Anglican Diocese of Auckland. 26 March 2020.
3. ^ "Bishop in the making". Stuff. 9 December 2009. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
4. ^ "Minute by minute coverage: Sir Edmund's funeral". New Zealand Herald. 22 January 2008. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
5. ^ "Governance". King's College. 26 March 2020.
6. ^ "Governors". Diocesan School for Girls. 26 March 2020.
7. ^ a b "Board of Directors". Trust Management. 26 March 2020.
8. ^ "No. 62918". The London Gazette. 13 February 2020. pp. 2738–2739.
9. ^ "The Queen's Birthday and Platinum Jubilee Honours List 2022 – Citations for the Queen's Service Medal". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 18 June 2022.

Religious titles

Preceded by

John Paterson

|  Bishop of Auckland
2010– present  | Incumbent

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Deans of Auckland

* Sydney Caulton
* Monty Monteith
* John Rymer
* Michael O'Connor
* Richard Randerson
* Ross Bay
* Jo Kelly-Moore

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Anglican bishops of Auckland

* George Selwyn, Bishop of New Zealand
* William Cowie
* Moore Neligan
* Lloyd Crossley
* Alfred Averill
* John Simkin
* Eric Gowing
* Paul Reeves
* Bruce Gilberd
* John Paterson
* Ross Bay

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