Anglican Diocese of Pretoria
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The diocese originally covered the whole of the South African RepublicSouth African Republic
The South African Republic , often informally known as the Transvaal Republic, was an independent Boer-ruled country in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century. Not to be confused with the present-day Republic of South Africa, it occupied the area later known as the South African...
, which later became the Transvaal
Transvaal Province
Transvaal Province was a province of the Union of South Africa from 1910 to 1961, and of its successor, the Republic of South Africa, from 1961 until the end of apartheid in 1994 when a new constitution subdivided it.-History:...
province of South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. In 1922 the Diocese of Johannesburg
Anglican Diocese of Johannesburg
The Anglican Diocese of Johannesburg is part of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. It was formed in 1922 from the southern part of the Diocese of Pretoria, and at that time included the whole of the southern Transvaal...
, 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
Christ Church Polokwane
Christ Church is a parish in the Anglican Diocese of St Mark the Evangelist, which falls under the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. It is the only Anglican church in Polokwane . The church has a long and diverse history going back over a hundred years.-History:Pietersburg was founded in 1886...
(then, Pietersburg) to oversee the mission work of the church. In 1957 Bishop Robert Selby Taylor
Robert Selby Taylor
Robert Selby Taylor CBE OGS was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century.Selby-Taylor was educated at Harrow and St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1933 , his first post was a curacy at St Olave’s, York...
decided to make Pietersburg the centre of the Archdeaconry of the North. In the 1980s, Suffragan Bishop John Ruston
John Harry Gerald Ruston
John Harry Gerald Ruston OGS was the 13th Bishop of St Helena from 1991 to 1999. He was previously Bishop Suffragan of Pretoria. He died in retirement in England in 2010.-Early life:...
was sent to oversee the region. Under his leadership a new diocese was formed. The Anglican Diocese of St Mark the Evangelist
Anglican Diocese of St Mark the Evangelist
The Anglican Diocese of St. Mark the Evangelist is a diocese in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, in the geographical area of the Limpopo province in the north of South Africa.-History:...
was inaugurated in 1987.
List of the Bishops of Pretoria
- Henry Brougham BousfieldHenry Brougham BousfieldThe Rt Rev Henry Brougham Bousfield, DD, MA was a Colonial Anglican Bishop in the latter decades of the 19th century and the first of the 20th....
1878-1902 - William Marlborough CarterWilliam Marlborough CarterThe Rt Rev William Marlborough Carter, KCMG, DD was an eminent Anglican Bishop in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in July 1850 and educated at Eton and Pembroke College, Oxford, he was ordained in 1974...
1902-1909 - Michael Bolton FurseMichael Bolton FurseThe Rt Rev Michael Bolton Furse, KCMG, DD was an eminent Anglican Bishop in the first half of the 20th century. Born in 1870 and educated at Eton and Trinity College, Oxford, he was ordained in 1897. He was Fellow and Dean of his old college then Archdeacon of Johannesburg. In 1904 the Baker...
1909-1920 - Neville Stuart TalbotNeville Stuart TalbotNeville Stuart Talbot was born at Keble College, Oxford on 21 August 1879 and died on 3 April 1943. He was a bishop in the Church of England.-Family:He was the third child and second son of his parents...
1920-1933 - Wilfrid ParkerWilfrid ParkerThe Rt Rev Wilfrid Parker was a Colonial Anglican Bishop in the first half of the 20th century. He was born on 23 January 1883 and educated at Radley and Christ Church, Oxford. Ordained in 1907, his first post was as an Assistant Priest at the Christ Church Mission, Poplar. From 1909 to 1913 he...
1933-1950 - Robert Selby TaylorRobert Selby TaylorRobert Selby Taylor CBE OGS was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century.Selby-Taylor was educated at Harrow and St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1933 , his first post was a curacy at St Olave’s, York...
1951-1959 - Edward George Knapp-FisherEdward Knapp-FisherThe Right Reverend Edward George Knapp-Fisher was an Anglican bishop and scholar.-Life:Knapp-Fisher was born in Chatham, Kent, England...
1960-1974 - Michael NuttallMichael NuttallThe Rt Rev Michael Nuttall, was an eminent Anglican Bishop and author in the last third of the 20th century. Born on 3 April 1934, he was educated at Maritzburg College, the University of Natal and Rhodes University and ordained in 1965. His first post was as an Assistant Priest at St. Michael...
1975-1982 - Richard Austin KraftRichard Austin KraftThe Rt Rev Richard Austin Kraft , was an Anglican Bishop in the last third of the 20th century. Born on 3 June 1936 in the USA, he was educated at Ripon College, Wisconsin and ordained in 1961. His first post was as an Assistant Priest at St Alphege’s, Pietermaritzburg...
1982-1998 - Johannes Thomas SeokaJohannes Thomas SeokaThe Rt Rev Johannes Thomas Seoka is an Anglican Bishop, the current Bishop of PretoriaHe was born on 29 August 1948, he was educated at Eshowe College of Education in Zululand and the University of Chicago. He studied for the priesthood at St Bede’s College, Umtata and was ordained in 1975. He...
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