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Anglican Diocese Of Lebombo
The Diocese of Lebombo (pt. ''Diocese Anglicana dos Libombos'') is a diocese in the Anglican Church of Mozambique and Angola. It is one of the three Anglican dioceses of Mozambique. This diocese is the most southerly of the three, the others being the Diocese of Niassa and the Diocese of Nampula. History The diocese was a result of the British missionary activity in Portuguese Mozambique, in the 19th century. The first bishop nominated of the Anglican Diocese of Lebombo was William Edmund Smyth, in 1893, who would be in functions until 1912. Only after the beginning of the war of independence between Portugal and the FRELIMO, the diocese would have his first Portuguese language bishop, Daniel Pina Cabral, a white European born prelate. Pina Cabral developed friendly relationships with the Roman Catholic bishops of Mozambique and established contact with members of the FRELIMO. He would be in office from 1969 to 1976, shortly after the independence. He was succeeded by the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglicanism
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 pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglicanism In Mozambique
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] |
Stanley Chapman Pickard
Stanley Chapman Pickard, OBE (4 July 1910 – 31 March 1988) was the eighth 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 episcopate, serving for a decade. After this he was Rector of St John's, Belgravia Belgravia () is a Districts of London, district in Central London, covering parts of the areas of both the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Belgravia was known as the 'Five Fields' Tudor Period, during the ... before retirement in 1983. Notes 1910 births English Anglican missionaries Anglican archdeacons in Africa 20th-century Anglican Church of Southern Africa bishops Anglican bishops of Lebombo Commanders of the Order of the British Empire 1988 deaths Anglican missionaries in Mozambique {{Anglican-bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humphry Beevor
Humphry Beevor (24 August 1903 – 12 June 1965) was the seventh Bishop of Lebombo. He was educated at Winchester College and Oriel College, Oxford and ordained in 1929. His first post was as a curate at St Mark's Church, Swindon. He was then Librarian at Pusey House, Oxford, Chaplain of Shrewsbury School and then a World War II Chaplain in the RNVR. From 1947 to 1950 he was editor of the ''Church Times'' then Priest in charge of St Mary and St George, West Wycombe. In 1952 he was elevated to the episcopate, serving for five years. After this he was chaplain at The King’s School, Canterbury. In 1961 he was appointed chaplain of St John's Church, Montreux, where he was also chaplain to St George’s School, Châtelard. He retired in 1964. His stepson is Christopher Mackenzie-Beevor."Mackenzie-Beevor, Col Christopher David, (born 10 April 1949), Vice President, Mahfouz Foundation, since 2017; Lieutenant, Her Majesty’s Body Guard of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Boys (bishop)
John Boys (17 January 1900 – 26 December 1972) was a British Anglican bishop who served as the fourth Bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman from 1951 until 1960. He was educated at St Olave's Grammar School and Hatfield College, Durham and, after a business career, ordained in 1935. His first post was as a curate in Egham Hythe after which he was appointed the Bishop of Gibraltar’s personal chaplain. From there he went to South Africa (where he continued his career as a missionary). He later became Archdeacon of Lebombo, and in 1948 Bishop. Translated to Kimberley and Kuruman in 1951 he served the Diocese with distinction until ill health forced him to resign nine years later. In retirement he lived in London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...; he was Direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis Victor
Dennis Victor (died 7 January 1949) was the fifth bishop of Lebombo from 1936 until 1947. He was educated at Denstone College and Hatfield College, Durham and ordained in 1906. His first post was as a curate at the Church of the Ascension, Victoria Docks after which he emigrated to Nyasaland to be a missionary priest and then principal of its Teacher training college and finally (before his elevation to the episcopate) Archdeacon of Shire Shire is a traditional term for an administrative division of land in Great Britain and some other English-speaking countries such as Australia and New Zealand. It is generally synonymous with county. It was first used in Wessex from the beginn .... References People educated at Denstone College Anglican archdeacons in Africa Anglican bishops of Lebombo 1949 deaths Alumni of Hatfield College, Durham 20th-century Anglican Church of Southern Africa bishops {{Anglican-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basil William Peacey
Basil William Peacey (1889–1969) was the fourth Bishop of Lebombo from 1929 until 1935. He was educated at Christ's Hospital and Leeds University. After a period of study at the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield, Peacey was ordained in 1912. His first post was as a Curate in Hull. Then he emigrated to South Africa to be ''Priest-Vicar'' of the Grahamstown Cathedral. His next post was as Priest in charge of Pessene in Maputoland followed by Principal of ''St Christopher's College Hlamankulu'', where he was later appointed to the episcopate. Peacey next served as Rector of Krugersdorp Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940-41 Oxford, OUP Oxford University Press (OUP) is the university press of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world, and its printing history dates back to the 1480s. Having been officially granted the legal right to print books ..., 1941 and then Constantia before he retired in 1954. References 1889 births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Noel Fisher
Leonard Noel Fisher (14 December 1881 – 4 July 1963) was an Anglican bishop in the second quarter of the twentieth century. After parish work in England and military service in the First World War, he served as bishop in two African dioceses, Bishop of Lebombo, Lebomo and Bishop of Natal, Natal, before retiring in 1951. Life and career Fisher was born at the rector (ecclesiastical), rectory, Higham on the Hill, Leicestershire, the fifth of six sons of the Rev Henry Fisher and his wife Katherine, ''née'' Richmond."Reverend Leonard Noel Fisher" Ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 13 July 2021 A Fisher had served as rector of Higham since 1772: Henry Fisher's father and grandfather had preceded him and Leonard's eldest brother, Legh, later held the post. Leonard's younger brother, Geof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Latimer Fuller
John Latimer Fuller (1870 – 1950) 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 Transvaal, before his elevation to the episcopate in 1913. Retiring as bishop of Lebombo in 1920, he was rector of Christ Church, Polokwane (in the then Pietersburg), and later chaplain A chaplain is, traditionally, a cleric (such as a Minister (Christianity), minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, purohit, or imam), or a laity, lay representative of a religious tradition, attached to a secularity, secular institution (such as a hosp ... to Khaiso School in Pietersburg before retiring in 1944. He was known as Mafakudu, and is buried at Setotolwane Cemetery. Notes 1870 births 1950 deaths 20th-century Anglican Church of Southern Africa bishops Alumni of Emma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maputo
Maputo (), formerly named Lourenço Marques until 1976, is the Capital city, capital, and largest city of Mozambique. Located near the southern end of the country, it is within of the borders with Eswatini and South Africa. The city has a population of 1,088,449 (as of 2017) distributed over a land area of . The Metropolitan Maputo, Maputo metropolitan area includes the neighbouring city of Matola, and has a total population of 2,717,437. Maputo is a port city, with an economy centered on commerce. It is also noted for its vibrant cultural scene and distinctive, eclectic architecture. Maputo is situated on Maputo Bay, a large natural bay on the Indian Ocean, near where the rivers Tembe, Mbuluzi, Matola and Infulene converge. The city consists of seven administrative divisions, which are each subdivided into Quarter (urban subdivision), quarters or ''bairros''. The city is surrounded by Maputo Province, but is administered as a self-contained, separate Provinces of Mozambique, pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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