Right. Rev Dr Vicentia Refiloe Kgabe is an
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 Diocese of Lesotho in the Anglican Church of South Africa and academic teaching Practical Theology.
Early life and education
Born in
Soweto
Soweto () is a township of the City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality in Gauteng, South Africa, bordering the city's mining belt in the south. Its name is an English syllabic abbreviation for ''South Western Townships''. Formerly a s ...
, Kgabe attended schools in Soweto, she started her theological training at the
College of the Transfiguration The College of the Transfiguration in Makhanda, Eastern Cape, is the only provincial residential college of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, offering a contextual approach to theology studies.
The college opened in 1993, following the amal ...
. She undertook further theological studies at the
University of Pretoria
The University of Pretoria ( af, Universiteit van Pretoria, nso, Yunibesithi ya Pretoria) is a multi-campus public university, public research university in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa. The university was ...
where she obtained a PhD in Practical Theology in 2011. She has also attended Pretoria University's
Gordon Institute of Business Science
Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS Business School) is a business school in South Africa and an affiliate of the University of Pretoria. It is located in the heart of Illovo, Johannesburg, close to the Sandton financial and commercial b ...
(GIBS) leadership programme.
Clerical career
Kgabe was made deacon in 2002 and was ordained as a priest in 2003. She served as
rector
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of the Parish of Weltevreden St Michael and All Angels, a position she has held since 2013. She has, however, served in parishes around the
Diocese of Johannesburg since her ordination. She was an archdeacon in the
Diocese of Johannesburg, where she has had responsibility for the promotion and discernment of vocations to the ordained ministry of the church.
In 2014 she was appointed
rector
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Style or title
*Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations
*Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...
of the
College of the Transfiguration The College of the Transfiguration in Makhanda, Eastern Cape, is the only provincial residential college of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, offering a contextual approach to theology studies.
The college opened in 1993, following the amal ...
.
In 2021 she was elected as
bishop of Lesotho
The Diocese of Lesotho is a diocese in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. It comprises the entire nation of Lesotho. It is divided in three archdeaconries, Central Lesotho, Northern Lesotho and Southern Lesotho. The former bishop is Adam Taas ...
.
Other work
Member of the board for Hope Africa and of the council of the College of the Transfiguration.
Publications
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21st-century Anglican Church of Southern Africa bishops
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Women Anglican clergy
College of the Transfiguration alumni
Academic staff of the College of the Transfiguration
Anglican bishops of Lesotho
University of Pretoria alumni