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'''Apimeleki Nadoki Qiliho''' is an [[indigenous peoples|indigenous]] [[Fijians|Fijian]] from the [[Province]] of [[Nadroga-Navosa Province|Nadroga-Navosa]] in the [[Fiji|Fiji Islands]] and a retired [[Anglican Communion|Anglican]] [[bishop]].

Consecrated a bishop on 10 April 2005, he became "[[Bishop]] in [[Vanua Levu]] and [[Taveuni]]"<ref>[http://www.anglican.org.nz/Directory/Diocese-of-Polynesia/Diocese-of-Polynesia Directory: Diocese of Polynesia]</ref> in the [[Diocese of Polynesia]] ([[Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia]]) — he made church history by becoming the first indigenous Fijian bishop in that church.<ref name=first>{{cite web| url = http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0507/S00022.htm | title = First indigenous Fijian bishop for Anglican Church | accessdate = 2010-07-30 | date = 2005-07-04 | publisher = [[Scoop (website)|Scoop]]}}</ref> He was one of three suffragan (assistant) bishops (consecrated the same day) who served under the diocesan [[Bishop of Polynesia]] (then [[Jabez Bryce]]) — the diocese covers [[Fiji]], [[Samoa]], [[Tonga]] and the [[Cook Islands]]. After his comrade [[Gabriel Sharma]] resigned as Bishop in [[Viti Levu]] West, Qiliho also took that role from 2014 onwards; in 2017, he became (instead) Assistant Bishop of the diocese,<ref name="lec19">[http://anglican.org.nz/content/download/50400/254201/file/2019%20Lectionary%20.pdf ACANZP Lectionary, 2019] (p. 145)</ref> until his retirement in August 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fijisun.com.fj/2018/04/15/church-leader-set-to-call-it-a-day/|title=Church Leader Set to Call It a Day}}</ref>

== Background ==
Qiliho comes from the village of Rukurukulevu in the district of Cuvu in [[Nadroga-Navosa Province|Nadroga]],<ref name=first/> located in Fiji's [[Western Division, Fiji|Western Division]]. He then spent some time living in [[Lautoka]], the capital of the Western Division, at which time he changed denomination from being [[Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma|Methodist]] to an Anglican. He then decided to become a priest and eventually was made a Bishop after serving for some time as the [[Vicar general]] at [[Holy Trinity Cathedral, Suva|Holy Trinity Cathedral]] in Suva. Apimeleki Qiliho lives in [[Labasa]] on Vanua Levu and is currently married to Taomi Tapu Qiliho. He was previously married to Litiana Rika who died in 1997. He has four children and eight grandchildren.

== Career ==

Qiliho began training to be an Anglican priest in the early 1960s and during the course of his training stayed in Suva and [[Hamilton, New Zealand|Hamilton]], New Zealand. After becoming a priest he had postings to [[parish]]es around Fiji such as [[Levuka]], etc. He then went on to become Vicar General under Bishop Jabez Bryce and then Bishop of Vanua Levu and Taveuni. He also has served on many church and non church organisations such as the Pacific Council Of Churches, The Fiji Council of Churches and the President of the Pacific/ Fiji Bible Society. He also does work with certain [[AIDS]], [[youth]] and [[NGO|non governmental]] [[organisations]] in Fiji and the region.

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