The Anglican Diocese of Johannesburg is part of the
Anglican Church of Southern Africa. 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
Gauteng 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
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St Mary's School, Waverley, Bishop Bavin School,
St Peter's College, Johannesburg
St Peter's College is a private, anglican, and English medium co-educational high school situated in the municipality of Sandton in Johannesburg in the Gauteng province of South Africa.
History
St Peter's College was founded in 1998 as a res ...
and Vuleka School. The diocese has a total of 76 Parishes
List of the Bishops of Johannesburg
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Arthur Karney 1922-1933
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Geoffrey Clayton 1934-1949
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Ambrose Reeves 1949-1961
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Edward Paget
General Sir Edward Paget (3 November 1775 – 13 May 1849) was a British Army officer.
Career
Born the fourth son of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge, Edward Paget became a cornet in the 1st Regiment of Life Guards in 1792. He was Member o ...
(former
archbishop of Central Africa This is a list of the Archbishops of the Anglican Church of the Province of Central Africa, which encompasses the present-day Botswana, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. List of Archbishops of Central Africa
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) served as
vicar-general following Reeves' deportation in September 1960
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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
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Timothy Bavin 1974-1985
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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
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George Buchanan 1986-2000
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Sigisbert Ndwandwe was a suffragan bishop of the diocese in 1988
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Godfrey Ashby,
Assistant Bishop of Leicester
The Bishop of Leicester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Leicester in the Province of Canterbury.
Through reorganisation within the Church of England, the Diocese of Leicester was refounded in 1927, and St Martin's Churc ...
(England) was also an assistant bishop of the diocese in 1988
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Brian Germond 2000-2013
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Stephen Moreo 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
College of Arms in 1949, and registered at the
Bureau of Heraldry 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''.
References
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External links
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Vuleka School
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1922 establishments in South Africa
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