Anglican Church of Southern Africa

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Former primate and Nobel Peace Prize winner Desmond Tutu
Primate Thabo Cecil Makgoba (2012)

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)
Cape Town South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa , Claremont, Cape Town ; St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha : Tristan da CunhaSaint HelenaSaint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha  Thabo Cecil Makgoba
Angola AngolaAngola Angola , Luanda André Soares
Christ the King South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa , Rosettenville , Johannesburg Peter John Lee
Diocese of the Free State South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa , Bloemfontein Dintoe Stephen Letloenyane
False Bay South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa , Somerset West Margaret Vertue
George South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa , George Brian Melvin Marajh
Grahamstown South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa , Grahamstown Ebenezer Ntlali
Highveld South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa , Benoni Charles May
Johannesburg South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa , Johannesburg Stephen Moreo
Kimberley & Kuruman South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa , Kimberley Oswald Peter Patrick Swartz
Lebombo MozambiqueMozambique Mozambique , Maputo Carlos Matsinhe
Lesotho LesothoLesotho Lesotho , Maseru Mallane Adam Taaso
Matlosane South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa , Klerksdorp Stephen Molopi Diseko
Mbhashe South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa , Butterworth Elliot Williams
Mpumalanga South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa , White River Daniel Malesela Kgomosotho
Mthatha South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa , Mthatha Sitembele Tobela Mzamane
Namibia NamibiaNamibia Namibia , Windhoek Nathaniel Ndxuma Nakwatumbah
natal South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa , Greyville, Durban Ruby Phillip
Niassa MozambiqueMozambique Mozambique , Lichinga Mark van Koevering
Port Elizabeth South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa , Port Elizabeth Nceba Bethlehem Nopece
Pretoria South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa , Pretoria Johannes Thomas Seoka
Saldanha Bay South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa , Malmesbury Raphael Bernard Viburt Hess
St Helena Saint HelenaSaint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha St. Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha : St. Helena , Ascension Richard David Fenwick
St Mark the Evangelist South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa , Polokwane Martin Andre Breytenbach
Swaziland SwazilandSwaziland Swaziland , Mbabane Ellinah Wamukoya
Ukhahlamba South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa , Queenstown Mazwi Ernest Tisani
Umzimvubu South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa , Kokstad Mbilo Ngewu
Zululand South AfricaSouth Africa South Africa , Eshowe Dino Gabriel

Archbishops of Cape Town

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Lesley Cawood: The Churches and Race Relations in South Africa . South African Institute of Race Relations , Johannesburg 1964, p. 55