Anglican Diocese of Johannesburg
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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
. Today it is much smaller, and comprises the central part of Gauteng
province.
Anglican Diocese of Pretoria
-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...
, and at that time included the whole of the southern 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:...
. Today it is much smaller, and comprises the central part of Gauteng
Gauteng
Gauteng is one of the nine provinces of South Africa. It was formed from part of the old Transvaal Province after South Africa's first all-race elections on 27 April 1994...
province.
List of the Bishops of Johannesburg
- Arthur Karney 1922-1933
- Geoffrey Clayton 1934-1949
- Ambrose Reeves 1949-1961
- Leslie Stradling 1961-1974
- Timothy Bavin 1974-1985
- Desmond TutuDesmond TutuDesmond Mpilo Tutu is a South African activist and retired Anglican bishop who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid...
1985-1986 - George Buchanan 1986-2000
- Brian Germond 2000-2011