It trains candidates for ordination in the Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea.
Anglican mission activity commenced in the Territory of Papua in 1891.
[1][2] Originally located in Dogura, the base of the New Guinea Mission and the seat of the Bishop of New Guinea, Ss Peter and Paul Cathedral, Dogura,[3] the college moved to Popondetta some years after the Mount Lamington volcanic eruption in 1951 as part of the rebuilding efforts.
[4] In 1972 there was a proposal to relocate the college to near to the University of Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby.
[8] It was separated from the teacher training college and renamed after the Rt Rev Henry Newton after his death in 1947.