Born 16 June 1940 David Orange grew up in Miramar and was ordained as a priest on 2 July 1964.

In his 59 years of service to the church he has served in Lower Hutt, Levin, Kilbirnie, New Plymouth, Wainuiomata, Johnsonville and Avalon parishes.

Additionally, he has been the hospital Chaplain for 35 years and is a keen landscape painter.