[1] In 1992, Bishop Jabez Bryce ordained him to the priesthood at St Paul's Anglican Church in Nukuʻalofa.
[1] He returned to Tonga in 2000 to become a parish vicar, a ministry trainer and a chaplain and later principal at St Andrew's.
[1] In December 2022, Uluʻilakepa was elected bishop of Polynesia in succession to Fereimi Cama, who had died in office in 2021.
[2] He was consecrated by the ACANZP co-primates Philip Richardson and Don Tamihere in March 2023 in a service at Holy Trinity Cathedral.
[4] As bishop of Polynesia, Uluʻilakepa serves automatically as a co-primate of the church with the title and style of an archbishop.