title: Diocese of Ysabel
text: # Diocese of Ysabel
  
  The Diocese of Ysabel is one of the nine current dioceses of the Anglican Church of Melanesia.
  
  It is one of the four original founding dioceses of the Church, erected in 1975 and inaugurated on 1 March 1975 at Jejevo Primary School. The diocese is now divided into four regions and 28 districts or parishes and is based in Jejevo, Buala, a town in the Solomon Islands located on Santa Isabel Island.
  
  ## List of bishops
  
  Bishops of Ysabel :
  
  | From | Until | Incumbent | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1975 | 1980 | Dudley Tuti | First bishop; previously assistant bishop in the Diocese of Melanesia since 1963; retired in 1980 and knighted. |
  | 1981 | 1994 | Ellison Pogo | Second bishop; consecrated and installed on 1 November 1981; became Archbishop of Melanesia in 1994 and knighted. |
  | 1995 | 1999 | Walter Siba | Third bishop. |
  | 2000 | 2003 | Zephaniah Legumana | Fourth bishop; consecrated and installed on 28 January 2000. |
  | 2004 | 2015 | Richard Naramana | Fifth bishop; consecrated and installed on 18 April 2004; retired September 2015. |
  | 2015 | present | Ellison Quity | Sixth bishop; elected 10 November 2015. |
  