George Alfred Swartz
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George Alfred Swartz was the ninth Bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman [1]. He was born on 8 September 1928 and educated at the University of the Witwatersrand and Pembroke College, Cambridge[2].Ordained in 1955, he began his career with a Curacy in Cape Town and held a number of pastoral posts in the area before becoming a Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese in 1972. Eleven years later he was translated to Kimberley and Kuruman where he remained until retirement. He died on New Year’s Eve 2006[3].
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| Preceded by Graham Charles Chadwick |
Bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman 1983 –1991 |
Succeeded by Winston Njongonkulu Ndungane |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Crockford's clerical directory 1975:Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0108153674
- ^ Who’s Who 1992 London, A & C Black, 1992 ISBN 0713635142
- ^ Announcement of his death
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