{{cleanuporthodoxyinnewzealand}}==Life==Ian James Nield was born in Oldham, England in 1961. He was Christened [[Baptism|baptized]] in October 1961 at Saint St. Margaret's Church, Hollinwood and was brought up as a High Church Anglican. With his parents he moved to New Zealand in 1970.

He was educated at various schools in New Zealand and England in the 1970's 1970s before commencing his studies at the University of Waikato in 1980. There was no Anglican chaplaincy at university so he sought the pastoral oversight of the Roman Catholic chaplains [[chaplain]]s on campus, Fr . Gerald Quin and Fr . Graham Alexander. It was at university he met his future wife Joanne - they were , to whom he was married in 1986, by Canon Stuart Anderson (+March 2009, Hastings, NZ) at Saint St. James Anglican Church, Lower Hutt, NZ, by Canon Stuart Anderson in 1986.

In 1987 Ian and his wife moved to England so that he could pursue his doctoral studies. He completed his PhD in physics in 1990 and returned to New Zealand in 1994, settling in Auckland. In 1998 the Nield family moved back to Lower Hutt.

By 1998 it had become painfully obvious that Ian could no longer call the Anglican Church his ecclessial ecclesial home. After a period of instruction the whole family was received into the Orthodox Church on Orthodox [[Palm Sunday ]] ([[April 4]]), 1999. Beginning in September 2000, Ian served on the Archdiocesan board of trustees.

Dr Nield was asked on several occasions by Met Abp Paul Saliba (Antiochian) to take up ordained ministry. In late 2002, Ian recognised this calling and accepted His Eminence's request that he be has full time secular employment as a senior official at the priest to the mission in WellingtonReserve Bank of New Zealand. Consequently he was ordained to the Diaconate and the Priesthood He holds degrees in January 2003Chemistry, Physics, and serves as head of mission in Wellington. Fr Ian serves Eastern rite in Wellington Mathematics and Western rite has professional qualifications in Lower Hutt on alternating weeksFinance.

Fr Ian has served on the Archdiocesan board of trustees since September 2000 and assists the Dean, Fr Jack in the administration of the New Zealand Deanery. Fr Ian has fulltime secular employment as a senior official at the Reserve Bank of New Zealand. He holds degrees in Physics and Mathematics and has professional qualifications in Finance. Fr Ian and his wife Joanne have four children who are all homeschooledof school age.