Anglican Diocese Of Botswana
The Diocese of Botswana is one of 15 dioceses of the Anglican Church of the Province of Central Africa, a province of the Anglican Communion. It is a member of the Botswana Council of Churches. List of Bishops of Botswana * 1972–1978: C. Shannon Mallory * 1979–2000: Walter Khotso Makhulu, also Archbishop of Central Africa from 1980 to 2000 * 2000–200?: Theo Naledi * 2005–2013: Trevor Mwamba * 2013- : Metlhayotlhe Beleme Metlhayotlhe Beleme (born 1962, Molepolole) is an Anglican bishop in Botswana. Beleme trained as an electrician and worked at the Jwaneng diamond mine until 1989. He studied for the priesthood at Lelapa la Jesu Seminary; and at the National Univer ... References External linksDiocesan website Anglicanism in Botswana Botswana {{Anglican-diocese-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Church Of The Province Of Central Africa
The Church of the Province of Central Africa is part of the Anglican Communion, and includes 15 dioceses in Botswana, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The Primate of the Church is the Archbishop of Central Africa. Albert Chama is the current archbishop, being installed on 20 March 2011, succeeding Bernard Amos Malango who retired in 2007. From 1980 to 2000, Walter Khotso Makhulu, a noted Anti-Apartheid activist, was Archbishop as well as Bishop of Botswana. Archbishop Chama continues to serve as Bishop of Northern Zambia, and is the second Zambian to be Archbishop of Central Africa. History In 1861, the first Anglican missionary to the area was Charles Mackenzie, who arrived with David Livingstone. In 1855, he went to Natal with Bishop Colenso. They worked among the English settlers until 1859. In 1860, Mackenzie became head of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa; and he was consecrated bishop in St George's Cathedral, Cape Town, on 1 January 1861. Following David Liv ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ecclesiastical Province
An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction Jurisdiction (from Latin 'law' + 'declaration') is the legal term for the legal authority granted to a legal entity to enact justice. In federations like the United States, areas of jurisdiction apply to local, state, and federal levels. Jur ... in Christianity, Christian Churches with traditional hierarchical structure, including Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. In general, an ecclesiastical province consists of several diocese, dioceses (or eparchy, eparchies), one of them being the archdiocese (or archeparchy), headed by a metropolitan bishop or archbishop who has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over all other bishops of the province. In the Greco-Roman world, ''ecclesia'' ( grc, ἐκκλησία; la, ecclesia) was used to refer to a lawful assembly, or a called legislative body. As early as Pythagoras, the word took on the additional meaning of a community with shared beliefs. This is the ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anglican Communion
The Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian communion after the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. Founded in 1867 in London, the communion has more than 85 million members within the Church of England and other autocephalous national and regional churches in full communion. The traditional origins of Anglican doctrine are summarised in the Thirty-nine Articles (1571). The Archbishop of Canterbury (, Justin Welby) in England acts as a focus of unity, recognised as ' ("first among equals"), but does not exercise authority in Anglican provinces outside of the Church of England. Most, but not all, member churches of the communion are the historic national or regional Anglican churches. The Anglican Communion was officially and formally organised and recognised as such at the Lambeth Conference in 1867 in London under the leadership of Charles Longley, Archbishop of Canterbury. The churches of the Anglican Communion consider themselves to be part of ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Botswana Council Of Churches
The Botswana Council of Churches (BCC) is an ecumenical Christian organization in Botswana. It was founded in 1966 and is a member of the World Council of Churches and the Fellowship of Christian Councils in Southern Africa. Members *Anglican Diocese of Botswana *Church of God in Christ *Dutch Reformed Church in Botswana *Evangelical Lutheran Church in Botswana *Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa *Lamb's Followers Apostles Church *Methodist Church of Southern Africa *Revelation Blessed Peace Church *Roman Catholic Church *St Apostolic Church in Botswana *St Isaac Church in Salvation *St Paul's Apostolic Mission *United Congregational Church of Southern Africa *Utlwang Lefoko Apostolic Church Associate Members *Association of Medical Missions in Botswana *Bible Society in Botswana *Christian Women's Fellowship *Jesus Generation Movement *Kgolagano College of Theological Education *Mennonite Ministries in Botswana *Young Women's Christian Association The Young ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Walter Khotso Makhulu
Walter Paul Khotso Makhulu (born Johannesburg 1935) is an emeritus South African-born Anglican archbishop of Central Africa. Makhulu was educated at St Peter's Theological College, Rosettenville and Selly Oak College, Birmingham.‘MAKHULU, Most Rev. Walter Paul Khotso’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2011 ; online edn, Nov 201accessed 1 June 2012/ref> He was ordained deacon in 1957 and priest in 1958. Crockford's Clerical Directory (1975-6, 86th edition) with He was a curate at St. Michael and All Angels church, Poplar, London from 1964 until 1966; and at St Silas, Pentonville from 1966 until 1968. He was vicar of St Philip's, Battersea from 1968 to 1975; and then secretary of WCC (East Africa) until his ordination to the episcopate. Makhulu was patron of Ditshwanelo, the Botswana Centre for Human Rights. When it campaigned for LGBT rights in Botswana, some religious leaders were critical, but he commented "Yes the Bible does ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Theo Naledi
Theophilus Naledi is a retired Bishop of Botswana in the Church of the Province of Central Africa, who was born at Bothithong near Vryburg in South Africa in 1936. Early career Naledi had his primary education at Bothithong, going to nearby Taung for his secondary schooling. From there he went up to St Bede's Theological College at Mthatha where he studied for three years prior to ordination. Naledi was ordained as a deacon at St Cyprian's Cathedral, Kimberley, in the Diocese of Kimberley and Kuruman in 1959, and as a priest the following year. He served the diocese for 10 years. Botswana At the end of 1970 Naledi was invited to be a parish priest in Gaborone, Botswana. “Back then, we used the Trinity building and we belonged to the Matabeleland Diocese under Bishop Kenneth Skelton,” Naledi recalled. Anglicans in Botswana felt at the time that being part of the Diocese of Matebeleland meant that their church remained “foreign in its own country” (previously it had b ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Trevor Mwamba
Musonda Trevor Selwyn Mwamba (born 1958), known as Trevor Mwamba, is an Anglican bishop. He was consecrated Bishop of Botswana on 6 February 2005. He tendered his resignation as Bishop of Botswana on 30 September 2012 – the day on which Botswana marks the anniversary of its independence from Britain. His successor was consecrated on 14 July 2013. On 4 April 2021, he was elected President of the United National Independence Party in Zambia. He took up the post of Team Rector of Barking in the Church of England on 1 January 2014, a post he resigned in December 2019. On 9 November 2013 he was made an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Chelmsford. He made a cameo appearance on the third episode of the HBO and BBC co-produced miniseries ''The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency''. He appears in the episode entitled "Poison" as himself thanking members of the business community of Gaborone for their donations to the fictional orphanage portrayed in the series. He is married to M ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Metlhayotlhe Beleme
Metlhayotlhe Beleme (born 1962, Molepolole) is an Anglican bishop in Botswana. Beleme trained as an electrician and worked at the Jwaneng diamond mine until 1989. He studied for the priesthood at Lelapa la Jesu Seminary; and at the National University of Lesotho. He was ordained in 1993. He has been Rector of Francistown; Archdeacon of North Botswana; Sub-Dean of Holy Cross Cathedral, Botswana; Rector Tlokweng; Dean of the Cathedral of the Resurrection, Ikageng-Potchefstroom; Rector of Klerksdorp; and, from 2013, Bishop of Botswana The Diocese of Botswana is one of 15 dioceses of the Anglican Church of the Province of Central Africa, a Ecclesiastical province#Anglican Communion, province of the Anglican Communion. It is a member of the Botswana Council of Churches. List of B .... References Anglican bishops of Botswana 21st-century Anglican bishops in Africa Living people 1962 births National University of Lesotho alumni Anglican archdeacons in Africa Angli ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anglicanism In Botswana
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the largest branches of Christianity, with around 110 million adherents worldwide . Adherents of Anglicanism are called ''Anglicans''; they are also called ''Episcopalians'' in some countries. The majority of Anglicans are members of national or regional ecclesiastical provinces of the international Anglican Communion, which forms the third-largest Christian communion in the world, after the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. These provinces are in full communion with the See of Canterbury and thus with the Archbishop of Canterbury, whom the communion refers to as its ''primus inter pares'' (Latin, 'first among equals'). The Archbishop calls the decennial Lambeth Conference, chairs the meeting of primates, and is the presid ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anglican Bishops Of Botswana
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the largest branches of Christianity, with around 110 million adherents worldwide . Adherents of Anglicanism are called ''Anglicans''; they are also called ''Episcopalians'' in some countries. The majority of Anglicans are members of national or regional ecclesiastical provinces of the international Anglican Communion, which forms the third-largest Christian communion in the world, after the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. These provinces are in full communion with the See of Canterbury and thus with the Archbishop of Canterbury, whom the communion refers to as its ''primus inter pares'' (Latin, 'first among equals'). The Archbishop calls the decennial Lambeth Conference, chairs the meeting of primates, and is the presid ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |