1. Sir David Okete Vuvuiri Vunagi, was a Solomon Islands Anglican bishop who served as governor-general of Solomon Islands from 2019 to 2024.
15 Facts About David Vunagi
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David Vunagi was the archbishop of Melanesia and bishop of the Diocese of Central Melanesia from 2009 to 2015.
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David Vunagi studied at KGVI Secondary School, from 1968 to 1973.
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David Vunagi earned a Bachelor of Theology at St John's College, Auckland, in 1990.
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David Vunagi earned a Master of Theology at the Vancouver School of Theology in 1998.
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David Vunagi was a teacher at the Bishop Patteson Theological College Kohimarama, in Solomon Islands, in 1992.
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David Vunagi later moved to Canada, where he was assistant priest at St Anselm's Parish in the Diocese of New Westminster, British Columbia, from 1996 to 1998.
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David Vunagi returned afterwards to the Solomon Islands, where he was a priest in the Diocese of Ysabel.
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David Vunagi became Mission Secretary at the Provincial Headquarters of the Church of Melanesia, in 2000.
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David Vunagi was elected the same year Bishop of the Diocese of Temotu, which he was until 2009.
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David Vunagi was consecrated as a bishop and installed as the third Bishop of Temotu on 6 May 2001.
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David Vunagi was elected the 5th Archbishop and Primate of the Church of the Province of Melanesia on 4 March 2009, in a Provincial electoral board, held in Honiara, being enthroned on 31 May 2009.
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Archbishop David Vunagi left office on 6 September 2015, in a ceremony that took place at St Barnabas Cathedral, in Honiara, attended by the nine bishops of the Anglican Church of Melanesia.
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David Vunagi was succeeded as acting Primate by Nathan Tome, Bishop of Guadalcanal, the senior bishop of the province, until the election of the new Primate on 12 February 2016.
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David Vunagi was married to Mary David Vunagi, the second child of Bishop Dudley Tuti, and had three children.