Geoffrey Francis Davies

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Geoffrey Francis Davies was the inaugural Bishop of Umzimvubu^[1]. Born in 1941 and educated at the Universities of Cape Town and Cambridge he studied for ordination at Ripon College Cuddesdon before beginning his ecclesiastical career with a Curacy at St Mary the Boltons, West Brompton^[2]. The rest of his ministry was to be spent in Africa, firstly as Priest in Charge of Serowe,at the time the largest village in Botswana and latterly South Africa . Here he rose steadily in the Church hierarchy being successively Rector of Kalk Bay, Director of Missions within the Cape Town Diocese, Suffragan Bishop of St John’s and finally a Diocesan Bishop.

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Preceded by Inaugural appointment	Bishop of Umzimvubu 1991 – 2003	Succeeded by Mlibo Mteteleli Ngewu

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1. ^ Crockfords On Line Accessed Saturday 5th April 2008 21:44
2. ^ Church details

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