Divian XVI

His Holiness Divian XVI
Haliarch Patriarch of New Elyria
Church	Ecumenical Communion
Installed	Highfrost 10th 2017
Predecessor	Haliarch Miral XXI
Personal details
Birth name	Dumisile Bandile
Nationality	Tolorian
Denomination	Ecumenical Vayonist
Residence	Haliarchic Palace, New Elyria, Haliarchic State
Previous post	Patriarch of the Southern and Tolorian Autocephaly

Haliarch Divian XVI; born Dumisile Bandile; is the head of the Ecumenical Communion and sovereign of the Haliarchic State. Divian XVI is the first Haliarch from the Southern and Tolorian Autocephaly.

Born in Azhara, Ichoria where his father served as a Tolorian diplomatic attaché, Bandile ascended to the priesthood in 1962. Prior to becoming pope, he was "a major figure on the Haliarchic stage for a quarter of a century"; becoming a close confidante of his predecessor Miral XXI. After a Patriarchal Synod elected to allow the secession of the Southern and Tolorian Autocephaly from the Diharan Autocephaly in 1986, Bandile was elected as its first Patriarch and relocated to Toloria to fulfill his duty. He was invited to the Haliarchic Palace shortly before the death of Miral XXI to accompany her in her final moments, a gesture interpreted by many as an acknowledgement of her desire to see him ascend to the Haliarchy. What followed was one of the longest Electoral Synods in modern history, lasting eleven months, which would finally reach unanimity on Highfrost 10th 2017.