The bishop of Table Bay is a suffragan bishop in the

Anglican Diocese of Cape Town The Diocese of Cape Town is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa (ACSA) which presently covers central Cape Town, some of its suburbs and the island of Tristan da Cunha, though in the past it has covered a much larger territory. T ...

. Since 2020 the incumbent has been the Right Reverend Joshua Louw. Like the

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the incumbent is in effect the

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as his or her superior is

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of an

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. According to the canons of the

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, the bishop of Table Bay has the rights and powers of a diocesan bishop, and is responsible for the day-to-day running of the Diocese of Cape Town.

List of bishops

* Garth Counsell 2004–2020 * Joshua Louw 2020–present

Notes

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