David Rice (bishop)

David Rice was the 15th Anglican Bishop of Waiapu. He was consecrated on 7 June 2008. An American, he was previously Dean of Dunedin.
Born in Lexington, North Carolina, he was educated at Lenoir-Rhyne University and Duke University. Initially a Methodist minister, he was received into the Anglican Church in 1998 and served at Mt Herbert parish before his appointment to the deanery. He resigned the bishopric in 2014 to stand for election as Provisional Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin in California, USA, where he now serves.