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The '''Deanery of New Zealand''' of the [[Antiochian Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia, New Zealand, and All Oceania]] is the way of administering the Antiochian Orthodox parishes, priests and faithful in New Zealand. Currently it is headed by the Dean of New Zealand, V. Rev. Archpriest Fr Jack Witbrock, Archpriest.
==History==
The first Orthodox church in New Zealand was consecrated in Dunedin for the Patriarchate of Antioch parish there in 1911.
The 2001 Census shows an Orthodox population in New Zealand of 9,588 (all Orthodox included).
In January 2003, the first New Zealand Clergy Conference of the Antiochian Archdiocese was chaired by Metropolitan Archbishop [[Paul (Saliba) of Australia and New Zealand]]. On the Saturday, Dr Ian Nield was ordained to the [[deacon|diaconate]] and Fr Dcn Michael Elder was ordained to the [[priest]]hood; on the Sunday, Fr Dcn Ian Nield was ordained to the priesthood and Fr Victor Didenco, previously canonically released from the [[Moldovan Orthodox Church]], was received into the Antiochian Archdiocese and appointed head of mission in Christchurch.
*Rev. Fr [[George Bosauder]]. Rector of St George, Auckland.
*Rev. Fr [[Michael Elder]]. Rector of Sts Gregory of Nyssa and Macrina, Diamond Harbour.
*Rev. Fr [[Ian Nield]]. Rector of Saint George Wellington, and Head of the Antiochian Mission in WellingtonLower Hutt.
*Fr Dcn Max Athanasius Perkins. Deacon of the Antiochian Mission in Christchurch.
*Fr Dcn John Hubbard. Deacon of St George, Auckland.
