Dale Bowers is the

Anglican 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 th ...

Bishop of

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. Bowers was consecrated a bishop by

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(Archbishop of Cape Town), Stephen Diseko ( Bishop of Matlosane), and Allan Kannemeyer (

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). His consecration at

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in 2018 was the first to be held on the island, made more practical by the opening of

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in 2016. Bowers is the second Bishop of St Helena to have been born on the island. Before becoming bishop, Bowers was vicar of Jamestown in St Helena.

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