Anglican Diocese of Johannesburg

Diocese of Johannesburg Dioecesis Ioannesburgensis
Location
Country	South Africa
Ecclesiastical province	Southern Africa
Metropolitan	Thabo Makgoba
Headquarters	St Joseph's Diocesan Centre in Sophiatown, Johannesburg
Statistics
Parishes	76
Information
Denomination	Anglican
Rite	Anglican
Cathedral	St Mary's Cathedral, Johannesburg
Patron saint	The Blessed Virgin Mary
Current leadership
Bishop	Stephen Moreo
Website
Official Website

The Diocese of Johannesburg is a non-metropolitan diocese 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 Transvaal. 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 Mary the Virgin. The headquarters of the diocese and the bishop's office are situated at St Joseph's Diocesan Centre in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. The diocese oversees St John's College, Johannesburg, St Mary's School, Waverley, Bishop Bavin School (former), St Peter's College, Johannesburg and Vuleka Schools. The diocese has a total of 76 parishes

List of the Bishops of Johannesburg

• Arthur Karney 1922-1933
• Geoffrey Clayton 1934-1949
• Ambrose Reeves 1949-1961
  • Edward Paget (former archbishop of Central Africa) served as vicar-general following Reeves' deportation in September 1960
• Leslie Stradling 1961-1974
• Timothy Bavin 1974-1985
• Desmond Tutu 1985-1986
• George Buchanan 1986-2000
  • Sigisbert Ndwandwe was a suffragan bishop of the diocese in 1988^[1]
  • Godfrey Ashby, Assistant Bishop of Leicester (England) was also an assistant bishop of the diocese in 1988^[1]
• Brian Germond 2000-2013
• Stephen Moreo elected on 4 Sept 2012,^[2] consecrated 16 March 2013^[3]

Coat of arms

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Coat of arms of the Anglican Diocese of Johannesburg

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.^[4]

References

1. "Declaration of Unity, Witness and Mission". Church Times. No. AAMBIT 3. 1 July 1988. p. 1. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 22 July 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
2. "The Revd Stephen Moreo elected as bishop of the Diocese of Johannesburg". Anglican Church of South Africa. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
3. "Moreo becomes Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg". SABC. 16 March 2013. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
4. Brownell, F. G. (2002). Heraldry in the Church of the Province of Southern Africa, 1847-2000: Coats of Arms of the Dioceses, Collegiate and Parish Churches, and the Order of Ethiopia. Heraldsholme CC. pp. 43–46. ISBN 978-0-620-28606-0.

Sources

• Lee, Peter (2005). Compromise and courage: Anglicans in Johannesburg 1864-1999. Pietermaritzburg: Cluster. ISBN 1-875053-50-6.

External links

• Official website
• Vuleka School