Derek George Damant was the sixth bishop of George. He was educated at

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and

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in 1958.'' Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76'' London: Oxford University Press, 1976 He began his career as

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after which he was founding

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at St. Stephen's Diocesan High School in

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. He then moved to Pretoria where he became Chaplain of St Alban's College. From 1975 he was

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. He ascended to the

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in 1985 and retired in 1999. Damant died in July 2021.

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