Bishop of Mauritius
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The Bishop of Mauritius has been the Ordinary
of the Anglican Church in Mauritius
in the Indian Ocean
since its inception in 1854. The current Bishop is The Rt Rev Gerald James Ian Ernest.
Ordinary
In those hierarchically organised churches of Western Christianity which have an ecclesiastical law system, an ordinary is an officer of the church who by reason of office has ordinary power to execute the church's laws...
of the Anglican Church in Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
in the Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
since its inception in 1854. The current Bishop is The Rt Rev Gerald James Ian Ernest.