Anglican Diocese of Lebombo
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The Anglican Diocese of the Lebombo is a diocese in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. It is one of the two Anglican dioceses of Mozambique
. This diocese is the more Southern of the two; the other being Niassa
in Mozambique
.
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
. This diocese is the more Southern of the two; the other being Niassa
Anglican Diocese of Niassa
Anglican Diocese of Niassa is a diocese of the Anglican communion. It is one of the two Anglican dioceses of Mozambique. This diocese is the more Northern of the two; the other being Lebombo. It belongs to the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. Its Bishop is Mark Van Koevering, an American of...
History
The seat of the diocese is The Cathedral Of St Augustine in MaputoMaputo
Maputo, also known as Lourenço Marques, is the capital and largest city of Mozambique. It is known as the City of Acacias in reference to acacia trees commonly found along its avenues and the Pearl of the Indian Ocean. It was famous for the inscription "This is Portugal" on the walkway of its...
in Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
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List of Bishops
- William Edmund SmythWilliam Edmund SmythWilliam Edmund Smyth was an Anglican bishop in the last decade of the nineteenth century and the first two of the twentieth.....
1893-1912 - John Latimer FullerJohn Latimer FullerJohn Latimer Fuller was an Anglican bishop, the second Bishop of Lebombo from 1913 until 1920.John Latimer Fuller was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and ordained in 1893. Emigrating to South Africa in 1902 he was in charge of the Rand Native Mission, and then Archdeacon of the Northern...
1913-1920 - Leonard Noel FisherLeonard Noel FisherThe Rt Rev Leonard Noel Fisher , DD was an eminent Anglican Bishop in the second quarter of the twentieth century....
1921-1928 - Basil William Peacey 1929-1936
- Dennis VictorDennis VictorDennis Victor was the 5th Bishop of Lebombo from 1936 until 1947. He was educated at Denstone College and Hatfield College, Durham and ordained in 1906...
1936-1948 - John BoysJohn BoysJohn Boys is best known as the Royalist captain who was the Governor of Donnington Castle in Berkshire during the English Civil War....
1948-1952 - Humphry BeevorHumphry BeevorHumphry Beevor was the 7th Bishop of Lebombo. He was educated at Winchester and Oriel College, Oxford and ordained in 1929. His first post was as a Curate at St Mark’s, Swindon. He was then Librarian at Pusey House, Oxford, Chaplain of Shrewsbury School and then a World War II Chaplain in the RNVR...
1952-1958 - Stanley Chapman PickardStanley Chapman PickardStanley Chapman Pickard, OBE was the 8th Bishop of Lebombo from 1958 until 1969.He was ordained in 1938 and his first post was as a Curate at St Catherine.s, New Cross. He became a UMCA missionary, rising in time to be Archdeacon of Portuguese East Africa. In 1958 he was elevated to the...
1958-1969 - Daniel Pina CabralDaniel Pina CabralDom Daniel Pereira dos Santos de Pina Cabral was a Portuguese Anglican bishop. He was the 9th Bishop of Lebombo, Mozambique, from 1968 to 1976. He was educated at the University of Lisbon and ordained in 1949. He is survived by his wife Anita.-External links:*...
1969-1976 - Dinis Salomao SengulaneDinis SengulaneDinis Salomão Sengulane is the Anglican Bishop of Lebombo, Maputo, Mozambique. He helped to end the Mozambican Civil War and helped with the surrender of 600,000 weapons that were notably converted into art.-Biography:...
1976-