Anglican Diocese of Pretoria
| Diocese of Pretoria | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Ecclesiastical province | Anglican Church of Southern Africa |
| Statistics | |
| Parishes | 61 |
| Information | |
| Rite | Anglican |
| Cathedral | Cathedral Church of St. Alban the Martyr, Pretoria |
| Current leadership | |
| Bishop | Johannes Seoka |
| Website | |
| anglicanchurchsa.org | |
The Diocese of Pretoria is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. It is divided into seven archdeaconries and has 61 parishes.
History
The diocese originally covered the whole of the South African Republic, which later became the Transvaal province of South Africa. In 1922 the Diocese of Johannesburg, covering the Southern Transvaal, was formed. In the 1980s and 1990s several new dioceses were formed.
The northernmost part of the diocese covered what is today the Limpopo Province. Suffragan Bishops were often based at Christ Church Polokwane (then, Pietersburg) to oversee the mission work of the church. In 1957 Bishop Robert Selby Taylor decided to make Pietersburg the centre of the Archdeaconry of the North. In the 1980s a suffragan bishop, John Ruston, was sent to oversee the region. Under his leadership a new diocese was formed. The Anglican Diocese of St Mark the Evangelist was inaugurated in 1987.
List of the Bishops of Pretoria
- Henry Brougham Bousfield 1878-1902
- William Marlborough Carter 1902-1909
- Michael Bolton Furse 1909-1920
- Neville Stuart Talbot 1920-1933
- Wilfrid Parker 1933-1950
- Robert Selby Taylor 1951-1959
- Edward George Knapp-Fisher 1960-1974
- Michael Nuttall 1975-1982
- Richard Austin Kraft 1982-1998
- Johannes Thomas Seoka 1998-present
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