Bishop of St John's

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The Bishop of St John’s is the Bishop of the Diocese of St Johns in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, which encompasses the area around King Williams Town and East London and is located in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. In 1991 the Diocese split with a portion of it becoming the Diocese of Umzimvubu; and in 2006 the remaining part was renamed the Diocese of Mthatha. The last Bishop to hold the title thoroughtout his episcopate was Jacob Zambuhle Bhekuyise Dlamini.

Tenure Incumbent Notes
1873 to 1886 Henry Callaway (1817-1890)
1887 to 1901 Bransby Lewis Key (1838-1901[1])
1901 to 1922 Joseph Watkin Williams (1857-1934[2])
1923 to 1943 Edward Harold Etheridge (1900-1972[3])
1943 to 1951 Theodore Sumner Gibson[4] (1885-1953)
1951 to 1956 Henry St John Tomlinson Evans (1905-1956[5])
1956 to 1980 James Leo Schuster (1912-2006)
1980 to 1984[6] Godfrey William Ernest Candler Ashby (b 1930)
1985 to 2000 Jacob Zambuhle Bhekuyise Dlamini First African incumbent
2000 to 2006
-when Diocese renamed
Sitembele Tobela Mzamane From 25 September 2006
Bishop of Mthatha

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
  2. ^ “Who was Who”(Ibid)
  3. ^ “Who was Who”(Ibid)
  4. ^ The Times, Wednesday, Apr 21, 1943; pg. 7; Issue 49526; col C Ecclesiastical News: Bishopric Of St. John's, Kaffraria
  5. ^ “Who was Who”(Ibid)
  6. ^ The Times, Tuesday, Jun 25, 1985; pg. 14; Issue 62173; col D Resignation of the Bishop of St John's