Bishop of Grahamstown

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Diocese Chart showing Bishops and Deans of St. Micheal and St. George Cathedral.

The Bishop of Grahamstown is the bishop of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa in the Diocese of Grahamstown, which encompasses the area around Grahamstown, South Africa and is located in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.

[edit] History

• John Armstrong, D.D.[1] 1853-1856
• Henry Cotterill, D.D.[2][3][4] 1856-1871 (Later Bishop of Edinburgh)
• Nathaniel James Merriman, D.D. 1871-1882
• Allan Becher Webb, D.D. 1883-1898 (Later Bishop of Salisbury, England)
• Charles Edward Cornish,[5] D.D.1899-1915
• Francis Robinson Phelps, D.D. 1915-1931 (Later Bishop of Cape Town)
• Archibald Howard Cullen, M.A. 1931-1959
• Robert Selby Taylor, M.A., D.D.[6] 1959-1964 (Later Bishop of Cape Town)
• Gordon Leslie Tindall, B.A. 1964-1969
• Bill Bendyshe Burnett, M.A. L.Th. 1969-1974 (Later Bishop of Cape Town)
• Kenneth Cyril Oram, B.A., A.K.C.[7] 1974-1987 (Later Ass't Bishop of Lichfield)
• David Patrick Hamilton Russell, M.A., Ph.D.[8][9][10][11] [12][13]1987-2004
• Eric Pike (Suffragan) P.T.C., Dlp.Th. 1989-1993 (Later Bishop of Port Elizabeth)
• Anthony Mdletshe (Suffragan) L.Th., M.Div. 1993-2007 (Later Bishop of Zululand)

[edit] Current Bishop

The current Bishop of Grahamstown, Thabo Makgoba has been Bishop of the Diocese since 2004.

The Diocese of Grahamstown is under the Primate of South Africa, currently Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town Njongonkulu Ndungane.

[edit] References

• MS 16 713 Bishop Cotterill's Letterbook, Cory Library, Rhodes University
• "Synods" : the Bishop of Grahamstown and the colonial church / [H. Grahamstown] [i.e. Henry Cotterill]. Halifax, N.S. : J. Bowes, 1868.

[edit] External links

• Official website of The Cathedral of St. Michael and St. George, Grahamstown, South Africa
• A Memoir Of John Armstrong, D.D., Late Lord Bishop Of Grahamstown.

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