George Swartz

George Alfred Swartz was the ninth Bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman.^[1] He was born on 8 September 1928 and died in retirement in Cape Town on New Year’s Eve 2006.^[2]

1 Education
2 Priesthood and Elevation to Episcopate
3 Translation to Kimberley and Kuruman
4 Link with the Diocese of Atlanta
5 Notes

Education

Swartz was educated at the University of the Witwatersrand and Pembroke College, Cambridge.^[3]

Priesthood and Elevation to Episcopate

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.

Translation to Kimberley and Kuruman

Eleven years later he was translated to Kimberley and Kuruman where he remained until retirement.

Link with the Diocese of Atlanta

Bishop Swartz originated a link between Kimberley and Kuruman and the Diocese of Atlanta in the United States of America, and on 5 June 1984 he was awarded Freedom of the City of Compton.^[4]

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Graham Charles Chadwick	Bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman 1983 –1991	Succeeded by Winston Njongonkulu Ndungane

Notes

^ Crockford's clerical directory 1975:Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0108153674
^ Announcement of his death
^ Who’s Who 1992 London, A & C Black, 1992 ISBN 0713635142
^ Diamond Fields Advertiser 5 June 2009, p 12

Bishops of Kimberley and Kuruman

Wilfrid Gore Browne • Theodore Sumner Gibson • John Hunter • John Boys • Philip William Wheeldon • Clarence Edward Crowther • Graham Charles Chadwick • George Alfred Swartz • Winston Njongonkulu Ndungane • Itumeleng Baldwin Moseki • Oswald Swartz •

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Name	Swartz, George Alfred
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Date of birth	1928
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Date of death	2006
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