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Christ Church, Polokwane
Christ Church is a parish in the Anglican Diocese of St Mark the Evangelist, which falls under the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. It is the only Anglican church in Polokwane (previously, Pietersburg). The church has a long and diverse history going back over a hundred years. History Pietersburg was founded in 1886 and by 1895 there were about 800 residents. Prior to 1894 there had been occasional services for the English Church held by visiting priests in the local Court House. In 1894, Hugh Bousfield, son of Henry Bousfield, the first Bishop of Pretoria, was prospecting near Pieterburg. A congregant, E.G. Ireland, later Pietersburg's first mayor, impressed upon Bousfield the need for the bishop to visit Pietersburg. In 2009 the bishop began thinking about the needs of Polokwane itself. It is rapidly transforming from a small city into a full-scale city. The open land between Polokwane and Seshego is rapidly filling up with houses. New suburbs are opening up to the nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Diocese Of St Mark The Evangelist
The Diocese of St Mark the Evangelist is a diocese in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, in the geographical area of the Limpopo province in the north of South Africa. History The area now known as the Diocese of St Mark the Evangelist used to be part of the Anglican Diocese of Pretoria. The Anglican church in the North was administered by the Diocesan Administrator and Bishops in Pretoria. The ordination of deacons and priests was done at St Albans Cathedral in Pretoria. The Bishop and Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese of Pretoria would visit the area to take confirmation services and to preside at other special occasions. Suffragan Bishop John Ruston was sent to Polokwane (then, Pietersburg) to oversee the northern region of the Diocese of Pretoria. Under his leadership a new diocese was established in the North by the name of St Mark the Evangelist. The Diocese of St Mark the Evangelist was inaugurated on 16 May 1987. Philip Le Feuvre was elected a bishop in August 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathedral
A cathedral is a church that contains the '' cathedra'' () of a bishop, thus serving as the central church of a diocese, conference, or episcopate. Churches with the function of "cathedral" are usually specific to those Christian denominations with an episcopal hierarchy, such as the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, and some Lutheran churches.New Standard Encyclopedia, 1998 by Standard Educational Corporation, Chicago, Illinois; page B-262c Church buildings embodying the functions of a cathedral first appeared in Italy, Gaul, Spain, and North Africa in the 4th century, but cathedrals did not become universal within the Western Catholic Church until the 12th century, by which time they had developed architectural forms, institutional structures, and legal identities distinct from parish churches, monastic churches, and episcopal residences. The cathedral is more important in the hierarchy than the church because it is from the cathedral that the bishop governs the area unde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1895 In South Africa
The following lists events that happened during 1895 in South Africa. Incumbents * Governor of the Cape of Good Hope and High Commissioner for Southern Africa:Hercules Robinson. * Governor of the Colony of Natal: Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell. * State President of the Orange Free State: Francis William Reitz (until 11 December), Pieter Jeremias Blignaut (starting 11 December). * State President of the South African Republic: Paul Kruger. * Prime Minister of the Cape of Good Hope: Cecil John Rhodes. * Prime Minister of the Colony of Natal: . Events ;April * 13 – The first electrical street lights in Cape Town are switched on. ;June * 11 – Britain annexes Tongaland, between Zululand and Mozambique. ;December * 15 – The railways of the Cape Colony, Natal, the Orange Free State, the South African Republic and southern Mozambique are all linked at Union Junction near Alberton, completing the logistics supply lines for the British military invasion of the Boe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Nye
Mark Nye (1909–1993) was an Anglican bishop and political prisoner in South Africa during the apartheid era. Education Nye attended the Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood in London after which he went up to St. John's College, Oxford, where he was awarded the Andrew Scholarship 11 June 1928. He did his theological training at Cuddesdon College. Clerical career Nye was made deacon on 17 December 1933 and ordained priest 23 December 1934. He served a curacy at St Luke's Church, Kew, 1933-1937. Nye moved to South Africa and served as rector in three parishes in the Diocese of Kimberley and Kuruman in the period 1937 to 1951. In 1951 Nye moved to the Diocese of Pretoria and was a priest in charge of the Pretoria Native Mission in Lady Selbourne but based at St Augustine's Church in the Pretoria city center. Later he was rector of St Wilfred's, Pretoria. In 1965 he was appointed as Dean of Pretoria at St Alban's Cathedral. In 1973 he was consecrated as a bishop a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regiment Botha
The General Botha Regiment (formerly Regiment Botha) is a reserve infantry regiment of the South African Army. The Regiment was named after General Louis Botha, the first prime minister of South Africa. History The regiment was formed in Ermelo, Mpumalanga on 1 April 1934, as part of an expansion of the Army's infantry branch. World War 2 A second battalion was formed on the outbreak of World War II in 1939. The first battalion did not serve in the war, but the second fought in the North Africa campaign in 1941 and 1942 as part of the 1st Infantry Division. In 1943, it was temporarily amalgamated with Regiment President Steyn. Sister Battalion The two battalions separated after the war, and in 1951 the second battalion was renamed Regiment Christiaan Beyers The Mapungubwe Regiment {formerly Regiment Christiaan Beyers) is a reserve infantry regiment of the South African Army. It traces its history as far back as 1939, and fought in the Second World War, and the Border War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Emm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Weinstein
Revd. Andrew J. Weinstein (Kiev, 1 May 1850 - 14 December 1915) was a British Anglican priest, deacon, diocesan chaplain and missionary. Weinstein was born in Kiev, Russian Empire in a Jewish family, Yiddish was the first language he learned. He was baptized as a Christian in 1870 while studying at a French college in Beirut. He graduated from King's College London in 1888 and was ordained deacon and became a missionary of the London Jews' Society (now CMJ). He was curator at St Andrew Undershaft (1890–93) and completed his studies at University College. In 1894 he traveled to South Africa and served as curator at St. James Church, Natal and was also rector at Christ Church, Polokwane, he also served churches in Vryburg and Dundee, KwaZulu-Natal. In 1907 he moved to New York and then went to Washington, where he served the Church of Our Savior as chaplain in 1908. In 1909 he went to Philadelphia and continued his work at St. Peter's Church [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sub-dean
{{Unreferenced, date=June 2019 A sub-dean is a person who acts as an assistant to a dean either in church circuit as a priest or minister or an academic institution. They are, however, not a vice-dean. A vice-dean is a person who can deputize a dean whereas a sub-dean can only assist or carry out assignments as may be delegated to them by a dean. A vice-dean can exercise the powers of a dean in their absence but a sub-dean only report to a dean and does not have the power of a dean. See also * Cardinal Vice-Dean The College of Cardinals, or more formally the Sacred College of Cardinals, is the body of all cardinals of the Catholic Church. its current membership is , of whom are eligible to vote in a conclave to elect a new pope. Cardinals are appo ... Anglican ecclesiastical offices Ecclesiastical titles Church of England deans Christian religious occupations Catholic ecclesiastical titles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean (Christianity)
A dean, in an ecclesiastical context, is a cleric holding certain positions of authority within a religious hierarchy. The title is used mainly in the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion, and many Lutheran denominations. A dean's assistant is called a sub-dean. History Latin ''decanus'' in the Roman military was the head of a group of ten soldiers within a '' centuria'', and by the 5th century CE, it was the head of a group of ten monks. It came to refer to various civil functionaries in the later Roman Empire.''Oxford English Dictionary'' s.v.' Based on the monastic use, it came to mean the head of a chapter of canons of a collegiate church or cathedral church. Based on that use, deans in universities now fill various administrative positions. Latin ''decanus'' should not be confused with Greek ''diákonos'' (διάκονος),' from which the word deacon derives, which describes a supportive role. Officials In the Roman Catholic Church, the Dean of the Colleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Breytenbach
Martin Andre Breytenbach was a South African Anglican bishop. He was the bishop of the Diocese of St Mark the Evangelist, a diocese of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa (ACSA) from 2000 to 2019. Education He trained and worked as a civil engineer before entering the priesthood. He was consecrated bishop of the Diocese of St Mark the Evangelist in a service held on 5 February 2000, at St. Mary's Cathedral, in Johannesburg, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey George Leonard Carey, Baron Carey of Clifton (born 13 November 1935) is a retired Anglican bishop who was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1991 to 2002, having previously been the Bishop of Bath and Wells. During his time as archbishop the Ch .... Since becoming bishop, Breytenbach has been Liaison Bishop for the Anglican Students’ Federation, as well as for Anglican Renewal Ministries (now Anglicans Ablaze) and SOMA (Sharing of Ministries Abroad). He is a member of the ACSA Liturgical Committee. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Church Of Southern Africa
The Anglican Church of Southern Africa, known until 2006 as the Church of the Province of Southern Africa, is the province (Anglican), province of the Anglican Communion in the southern part of Africa. The church has twenty-five dioceses, of which twenty-one are located in South Africa, and one each in Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia and Saint Helena. In South Africa, there are between 3 and 4 million Anglicans out of an estimated population of 45 million. The primate (bishop), primate is the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, Archbishop of Cape Town. The current archbishop is Thabo Makgoba, who succeeded Njongonkulu Ndungane in 2006. From 1986 to 1996 the primate was Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu. History The first Anglican clergy to minister regularly at the Cape were Chaplain, military chaplains who accompanied the troops when the British occupied the Cape Colony in 1795 and then again in 1806. The second British occupation resulted in a growing influx of c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Amoore
Frederick Andrew Amoore (6 June 1913 – 11 June 1996) was Bishop of Bloemfontein from 1967 to 1982. He was educated at the University of Leeds, and ordained in 1937. He began his career with curacies in Clapham, England and Port Elizabeth, South Africa. After this he was Rector of St Saviour's, East London. From 1950 to 1962 he was Dean of St Albans Cathedral, Pretoria when he ascended to the episcopate A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca .... References 1913 births Alumni of the University of Leeds Deans of Pretoria 20th-century Anglican Church of Southern Africa bishops Anglican bishops of Bloemfontein 1996 deaths {{UK-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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