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The Bishop
Bishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...

of Natal
Natal Province
Natal, meaning "Christmas" in Portuguese, was a province of South Africa from 1910 until 1994. Its capital was Pietermaritzburg. The Natal Province included the bantustan of KwaZulu...

exercises episcopal leadership over the Diocese of Natal of the Church of Southern Africa.

Succession

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
1853–1883	John William Colenso John William Colenso John William Colenso , first Anglican bishop of Natal, mathematician, theologian, Biblical scholar and social activist.-Biography:Colenso was born at St Austell, Cornwall, on 24 January 1814...	William Kenneth Macrorie (1831-1905: rival Bishop of Maritzburg from 1868 to 1892)
1883–1893	*vacant*	William Kenneth Macrorie (1831-1905: rival Bishop of Maritzburg from 1868 to 1892)
1893–1901	Arthur Hamilton Baynes Arthur Hamilton Baynes Arthur Hamilton Baynes was a Church of England priest and Bishop of Natal from 1893 to 1901.He was the son of Joseph Ash Baynes and Mary Elizabeth Beard, and following ordination in 1882, was Domestic Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury, E.W...	(1854–1942)
1901–1928	Frederick Samuel Baines Frederick Samuel Baines The Rt Rev Frederick Samuel Baines, DD was an eminent Anglican Bishop in the first third of the 20th century. He was educated at Winchester and University College, Oxford and ordained in 1882. His first post was as a Curate at Holy Trinity, Leeds after which he was Vicar of St Cuthbert, Hunslet...	(1858–1939)
1928–1951	Leonard Noel Fisher Leonard Noel Fisher The Rt Rev Leonard Noel Fisher , DD was an eminent Anglican Bishop in the second quarter of the twentieth century....	(1882-1963) Brother of the Archbishop of Canterbury Archbishop of Canterbury The Archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and principal leader of the Church of England, the symbolic head of the worldwide Anglican Communion, and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. In his role as head of the Anglican Communion, the archbishop leads the third largest group...
1951–1974	Thomas George Vernon Inman Thomas George Vernon Inman The Rt Rev Thomas George Vernon Inman , was an eminent Anglican Bishop in the third quarter of the 20th century . He was educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge and ordained in 1931. He was Assistant Missioner at the Wellington College Mission, Walworth before emigrating to South Africa. He...	(1904-1989)
1974–1982	Philip Welsford Richmond Russell Philip Welsford Richmond Russell Philip Welsford Richmond Russell was the Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa from 1980 to 1986....	(born 1919) Subsequently Archbishop of Cape Town Archbishop of Cape Town The Archbishop of Cape Town is the Primate / Metropolitan of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa.The current Archbishop is the Most Reverend Thabo MakgobaRobert Gray was the first Anglican Bishop of Cape Town.-List of Bishops and Archbishops:...
1982–1999	Michael Nuttall Michael Nuttall The 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...	(born 1934)
1999 - date	Rubin Phillip Rubin Phillip The Right Reverend Rubin Phillip is bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Natal. The great-grandchild of indentured labourers from Andhra Pradesh, Phillip is the first black South African to hold the position of Bishop of Natal...	(born c 1948)

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