Anglican Church of Southern Africa
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The Anglican Church of Southern Africa ( German Anglican Church of Southern Africa ), originally Church of the Province of South Africa , later and until 2006 Church of the Province of Southern Africa ( CPSA ), is a member church of the Anglican Community and the oldest in Africa .
development
During the early English colonization of the Cape between 1795 and 1803, Anglican services were held in the church rooms of the troop camps and fortifications by military chaplains . As early as 1811 a "colonial clergyman" was installed in the Cape Colony . For four years he conducted his services in the rooms of the Dutch Reformed Church on Adderley Street in Cape Town .
The Anglican parishes of the southern hemisphere initially belonged to the Diocese of Calcutta of the Church of England (now a diocese of the Church of North India ). In 1847 a diocese was first established in the Cape Colony, for which Robert Gray was appointed bishop and took office at the beginning of the following year. The first Synod of Bishops took place in 1863, followed by the first Provincial Synod in 1870 , making the dioceses of southern Africa an autonomous church within the Anglican Community . In the period that followed, principles of canon law emerged on the basis of which church self-government became possible. In 1955 the dioceses of Bechuanaland (now Botswana ) and the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (now Zimbabwe , Zambia and Malawi ) left the Church and founded the Church of the Province of Central Africa . Around 1964 there were 14 dioceses.
In the 21st century the province has 28 dioceses (Angola, Cape Town, Christ the King, Diocese of the Free State (formerly Bloemfontein ), George, Grahamstown, Highveld, Johannesburg , Kimberley & Kuruman, Lebombo, Lesotho, Matlosane (formerly Klerksdorp), Namibia, Natal, Niassa, Port Elizabeth, Pretoria , St. Helena, Mthatha (formerly St. John's), St. Mark the Evangelist, Swaziland, Umzimvubu, Zululand) in South Africa , Mozambique , Namibia , Lesotho , Swaziland , St. Helena and Angola , headed as primate by the Archbishop of Cape Town. The current primate of the Church of Southern Africa is Archbishop Thabo Makgoba . One of his predecessors was Desmond Tutu, a Nobel Peace Prize winner .
Ordination has been practiced by women since 1985 . In November 2012, Ellinah Wamukoya was ordained the first female bishop of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa in the Diocese of Swaziland.
Dioceses
The province comprises 28 dioceses in six countries:
diocese | State, seat | Bishop (as of 2015) |
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Cape Town |
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Thabo Cecil Makgoba |
Angola |
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André Soares |
Christ the King |
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Peter John Lee |
Diocese of the Free State |
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Dintoe Stephen Letloenyane |
False Bay |
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Margaret Vertue |
George |
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Brian Melvin Marajh |
Grahamstown |
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Ebenezer Ntlali |
Highveld |
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Charles May |
Johannesburg |
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Stephen Moreo |
Kimberley & Kuruman |
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Oswald Peter Patrick Swartz |
Lebombo |
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Carlos Matsinhe |
Lesotho |
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Mallane Adam Taaso |
Matlosane |
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Stephen Molopi Diseko |
Mbhashe |
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Elliot Williams |
Mpumalanga |
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Daniel Malesela Kgomosotho |
Mthatha |
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Sitembele Tobela Mzamane |
Namibia |
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Nathaniel Ndxuma Nakwatumbah |
natal |
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Ruby Phillip |
Niassa |
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Mark van Koevering |
Port Elizabeth |
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Nceba Bethlehem Nopece |
Pretoria |
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Johannes Thomas Seoka |
Saldanha Bay |
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Raphael Bernard Viburt Hess |
St Helena |
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Richard David Fenwick |
St Mark the Evangelist |
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Martin Andre Breytenbach |
Swaziland |
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Ellinah Wamukoya |
Ukhahlamba |
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Mazwi Ernest Tisani |
Umzimvubu |
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Mbilo Ngewu |
Zululand |
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Dino Gabriel |
Archbishops of Cape Town
- 1847–1872: Robert Gray , DD (bishop)
- 1874-1908: William West Jones , DD
- 1909-1930: William Marlborough Carter , KCMG, DD
- 1931-1938: Francis Robinson Phelps , DD
- 1938-1948: John Russell Darbyshire , DD
- 1948-1957: Geoffrey Hare Clayton , DD
- 1957–1963: Joost de Blank , DD
- 1964-1974: Robert Selby Taylor , MA, DD
- 1974-1981: Bill Bendyshe Burnett , MALTh., DD
- 1981–1986: Philip Welsford Richmond Russell , MBE, BA, L.Th.
- 1986-1996: Desmond Mpilo Tutu , OJ, BD, MD, DD, FKC
- 1996-2007: Njongonkulu Ndungane , FKC
- since 2007: Thabo Makgoba
Web links
- Official website at www.anglicanchurchsa.org (English)
- Anglican Church of Southern Africa on the WCC website
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Lesley Cawood: The Churches and Race Relations in South Africa . South African Institute of Race Relations , Johannesburg 1964, p. 55