The Anglican Diocese of Johannesburg is part of the

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. It was formed in 1922 from the southern part of the Diocese of Pretoria, and at that time included the whole of the southern

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. Today it is much smaller, and comprises the central part of

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province. The Cathedral of the Diocese of Johannesburg, is the Cathedral Church of Saint Mar the Virgin. The headquarters of the Diocese and the Bishops office are Situated at St.Joseph's Diocesan Centre in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. The following are diocesan schools St. John's College, Johannesburg,

St Mary's School, Waverley , motto_translation = Honest and upright , established = , type = Private & Boarding , religion = Christianity , sister_school = St John's College, Johannesburg , locale = Suburban , district ...

, Bishop Bavin School, St Peter's College, Johannesburg and Vuleka School. The diocese has a total of 76 Parishes

List of the Bishops of Johannesburg

Arthur Karney Arthur Baillie Lumsdaine Karney (1874 – 8 December 1963) was the first bishop of Johannesburg in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa and the Church of England. Family Karney was one of 10 children of Gilbert Sparshott Karney, rector of ...

1922-1933 * Geoffrey Clayton 1934-1949 *

Ambrose Reeves Richard Ambrose Reeves (6 December 189923 December 1980) was an Anglican bishop and opponent of Apartheid in the 20th century. Education and ordinations Reeves was educated at Great Yarmouth High School, Great Yarmouth Grammar School, served in ...

1949-1961 **

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(former

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) served as

vicar-general A vicar general (previously, archdeacon) is the principal deputy of the bishop of a diocese for the exercise of administrative authority and possesses the title of local ordinary. As vicar of the bishop, the vicar general exercises the bishop's ...

following Reeves' deportation in September 1960 *

Leslie Stradling Leslie Edward Stradling (11 February 19088 January 1998) was an Anglican bishop in three separate African dioceses during the mid-20th century. Born on 11 February 1908 and educated at King Edward VII School, Sheffield and The Queen's College, Ox ...

1961-1974 *

Timothy Bavin Timothy John Bavin (born 17 September 1935) is a British Anglican bishop and monk. He was the bishop of Anglican Diocese of Johannesburg from 1974 to 1985. He was then Bishop of Portsmouth from 1985 to 1995. Early life and education Bavin was ...

1974-1985 *

Desmond Tutu Desmond Mpilo Tutu (7 October 193126 December 2021) was a South African Anglican bishop and theologian, known for his work as an anti-apartheid and human rights activist. He was Bishop of Johannesburg from 1985 to 1986 and then Archbishop ...

1985-1986 *

George Buchanan George Buchanan ( gd, Seòras Bochanan; February 1506 – 28 September 1582) was a Scottish historian and humanist scholar. According to historian Keith Brown, Buchanan was "the most profound intellectual sixteenth century Scotland produced." ...

1986-2000 **

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was a suffragan bishop of the diocese in 1988 **

Godfrey Ashby Godfrey William Ernest Candler Ashby (born 6 November 1930) is a British Anglican bishop, theologian, and academic. From 1980 to 1985, he was the eighth Bishop of St John's in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. From 1988 to 1995, he w ...

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(England) was also an assistant bishop of the diocese in 1988 *

Brian Germond Brian Germond was the Bishop of Johannesburg from 2000 to 2013. Since then, he has been at St Martin's in the Veld, Johannesburg Johannesburg ( , , ; Zulu language, Zulu and xh, eGoli ), colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, or "The City ...

2000-2013 *

Stephen Moreo Stephen Moreo he is the Bishop of Johannesburg since 2013. Moreo is from North West Province and studied for the priesthood at St Paul's Anglican seminary, Grahamstown. He was ordained deacon in 1984 and priest in 1985. His first post was at Ika ...

elected on 4 Sept 2012, consecrated 16 March 2013

Coat of arms

The diocese assumed a coat of arms in 1922. The arms were formally granted by the

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in 1949, and registered at the

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in 1964 : ''Gules, in front of two wings conjoined in lure Or, a heart Gules transfixed by a sword, point downwards proper, pommel and hilt Or, a chief barry wavy of six Azure and Argent, the shield ensigned with an episcopal mitre''.

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Vuleka School
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