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Province
  
Southern Africa

Diocese
  
Grahamstown

Bishop of Grahamstown

Cathedral
  
St. Michael and St. George Cathedral

The Bishop of Grahamstown is the Ordinary of the Diocese of Grahamstown in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. The Bishop's residence is Bishopsbourne, Grahamstown

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Diocesan bishops

  1. John Armstrong, D.D. 1853-1856
  2. Henry Cotterill, M.A., D.D. 1856-1871 (Later bishop of Edinburgh)
  3. Nathaniel James Merriman, D.D. 1871-1882
  4. Alan Becher Webb, D.D. 1883-1898 (Later dean of Salisbury, England)
  5. Charles Edward Cornish, D.D. 1899-1915
  6. Francis Robinson Phelps, D.D. 1915-1931 (Later Archbishop of Cape Town)
  7. Archibald Howard Cullen, M.A. 1931-1959
  8. Robert Selby Taylor, M.A., D.D. 1959-1964 (Later archbishop of Cape Town)
  9. Gordon Leslie Tindall, B.A. 1964-1969
  10. Bill Bendyshe Burnett, M.A. L.Th. 1969-1974 (Later archbishop of Cape Town)
  11. Kenneth Cyril Oram, B.A., A.K.C. 1974-1987 (Later assistant bishop of Lichfield)
  12. David Patrick Hamilton Russell, M.A., Ph.D. 1987-2004
  13. Thabo Cecil Makgoba, B.Sc. B.A. (Hons) Med. (Psychology) P.G. Dip. Ed. Ph.D. 2004-2007 (Later archbishop of Cape Town)
  14. Ebenezer St Mark Ntlali, Dip.Th. B.A. (Hons) B.Th. 2007 - present

Bishops suffragan

The following were bishops suffragan in the diocese:

  • Eric Pike, P.T.C., Dip.Th. 1989-1993 (Later bishop of Port Elizabeth)
  • Anthony Mdletshe, L.Th., M.Div. 1993-1997 (Later bishop of Zululand)
  • Bethlehem Nopece, Dip.Th. B.Th. M.Th. 1998-2002 (Later bishop of Port Elizabeth)
  • Thabo Cecil Makgoba, B.Sc. B.A. (Hons) Med. (Psychology) P.G. Dip. Ed. Ph.D. 2002-2004 (afterwards bishop of Grahamstown)

    • References

    Bishop of Grahamstown Wikipedia
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