Jo Kelly-Moore, 42, was welcomed as the new Anglican Dean of Auckland at a service at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Parnell.
Family and friends watched as she was brought in by parishioners of St Aidan’s Anglican Church in Remuera, where she has been a vicar since 2004.
She is the first woman to be made an Anglican dean in Auckland, and the second woman to be made an Anglican dean in New Zealand’s history.
The first female and current dean of the Waiapu Anglican Cathedral in Napier is The Very Reverend Helen Jacobi.