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The Right Reverend Rubin Philip (b. circa 1948) is bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Natal. The great-grandchild of indentured laborers from Andhra Pradesh, Philip is the first non-white South African to hold the position of Bishop of Natal. He grew up in Calirwood, a suburb of Durban with a large concentration of people of Indian ethnicity, in a non-religious household, but converted to Christianity before being enthroned as bishop in February of 2000.[1] In 2008, Philip successfully obtained a court order preventing arms shipments destined for Zimbabwe from being transported through South Africa.[2]
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- ^ The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - World
- ^ http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/0,1518,548798,00.html http://www.citizen.co.za/index/article.aspx?pDesc=63155,1,22
