David Vunagi

Who is David Vunagi?

David Vunagi is a Solomon Islands Anglican Archbishop. He is the Archbishop of Melanesia and Bishop of the Diocese of Central Melanesia, since 2009. He is married and has three children.

He was born in Samasodou, in Ysabel Province. He studied at KGVI Secondary School, from 1968 to 1973. He achieved a Diploma of Education in Science at the University of the South Pacific, in Fiji, in 1976, and a M.B. of Education in Biology at the University of Papua New Guinea, in 1982. Before serving as a priest, he was a teacher at the government school at KGVI and at the Selwyn College of the Church of Melanesia.

Vunagi achieved a Bachelor of Theology at St. John's College, in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1990. He was a teacher at the Bishop Patteson Theological College Kohimarama, in Solomon Islands, in 1992.

He 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. He achieved a Master of Theology at the Vancouver School of Theology, in 1998.

He returned afterwards to the Solomon Islands, where he was a priest in the Diocese of Ysabel.