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Anglican Communion
Background
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People
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Instruments of Unity
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Liturgy and Worship
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The Anglican Church of Southern Africa (formerly the Church of the Province of Southern Africa) is the Anglican province in the southern part of Africa, including dioceses in Angola, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Saint Helena, South Africa and Swaziland. The primate is the Archbishop of Cape Town. The current archbishop is Njongonkulu Ndungane. His predecessor was Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu. The provinces of the Anglican Communion commemorate many of the same saints as those in the Roman Catholic calendar, often on the same days, but also commemorate various famous (often post-Reformation and/or English) Christians who have not been canonized. ... The term Anglican (from medieval Latin ecclesia Anglicana meaning the English church) is used to describe the people, institutions, and churches as well as the liturgical traditions and theological concepts developed by the established Church of England, the Anglican Communion and the Continuing Anglican Churches (a loosely affiliated group of... Member churches of the Anglican Communion are often referred to as provinces. ... A world map showing the continent of Africa. ... Pope Pius XI blesses Bishop Stephen Alencastre as fifth Apostolic Vicar of the Hawaiian Islands in a Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace window. ... Catholic Patriarchal (non cardinal) coat of arms Primate (from the Latin Primus, first) is a title or rank bestowed on some bishops in certain Christian churches. ... In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated bishop. ... City motto: Spes Bona (Latin: Good Hope) Location of the City of Cape Town in Western Cape Province Province Western Cape Mayor Helen Zille Area  - % water 2,499 km² N/A Population  - Total (2004)  - Density Not ranked 2,893,251 1,158/km² Established 1652 Time zone SAST (UTC+2... The Most Reverend Njongonkulu Winston Hugh Ndungane is Archbishop of Capetown and Primate of the Church in the Province of Southern Africa. ... Lester B. Pearson after accepting the Nobel Peace Prize The Nobel Peace Prize is the name of one of five Nobel Prizes bequested by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. ... The Most Reverend Desmond Mpilo Tutu (born 7 October 1931) is a South African cleric and activist who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid. ...

As of 2006, by way of avoiding historic confusion as to its ambiguous name, the church has changed its name to the Anglican Church of Southern Africa[1]. 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The province has an Anglo-Catholic ethos and is regarded as the most liberal Anglican province in Africa, particularly on issues such as ordination of women and homosexuality. The terms Anglo-Catholic and Anglo-Catholicism describe people, groups, ideas, customs and practices within Anglicanism that emphasise continuity with Catholic tradition. ... There are a variety of positions on the ordination of women among different religions, sects and denominations within each religion. ... Homosexuality refers to sexual and romantic attraction between two individuals of the same sex. ...

History

The first Anglican clergy to minister regularly at the Cape were military chaplains who accompanied the troops when the British occupied the Cape Colony in 1795 and then again in 1806. The second British occupation resulted in a growing influx of civil servants and settlers who were members of the Church of England, and so civil or colonial chaplains were appointed to minister to their needs. These were under the authority of the governor. Official language English and Dutch1 Capital Cape Town Largest City Cape Town Area  - Total  - % water Ranked 1st 569,020 km² (1910) Negligible Population  - Total (1911)  - Density Ranked 1st 2,564,965 4. ... 1795 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Church of England is the officially established Christian church[1] in England, and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion, as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion. ...

The first missionary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (SPG) arrived in 1821. He was the Revd William Wright. He opened a church and school in Wynberg, a fashionable suburb of Cape Town. Allen Gardiner, a missionary of the Church Missionary Society (CMS) went to Zululand, and arranged for a priest, Francis Owen to be sent to the royal residence of King Dingane. Owen witnessed the massacre of Piet Retief, the Voortrekker leader, and his companions, who had come to negotiate a land treaty with Dingane, and left soon afterwards. Seal of the Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (SPG), formed in 1701, was a missionary organization of the Church of England. ... The coronation banquet for George IV 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Wynberg is a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. ... The Church Mission Society (formerly the Church Missionary Society) is a voluntary society working with the Anglican Church and other Protestant Christians around the world. ... Zululand was the Zulu-dominated area of what is now northern KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. ... Dingane kaSenzangakhona Zulu (ca. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The Voortrekker Monument built in 1949. ...

The Anglican Church in Southern Africa at this time was under the Bishop of Calcutta, whose diocese effectively included the East Indies and the entire Southern Hemisphere. Bishops en route for Calcutta sometimes stopped at the Cape for confirmations, and occasionally ordination of clergy, but these visits were sporadic. It became apparent that a bishop was needed for South Africa, and in 1847 Robert Gray was consecrated as the first bishop of Cape Town in Westminster Abbey. The new bishop landed in Cape Town in 1848. The Bishop of Calcutta exercises episcopal leadership over the Diocese of Calcutta of the Church of North India. ... The Indies, on the display globe of the Field Museum, Chicago The Indies or East Indies (or East India) is a term used to describe lands of South and South-East Asia, occupying all of the former British India, the present Indian Union, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Maldives, and... The Southern Hemisphere is the half of a planets surface (or celestial sphere) that is south of the equator (the word hemisphere literally means half ball). On Earth it contains five continents (Antarctica, Australia, most of South America, parts of Africa and Asia) as well as four oceans (South... This article is on Calcutta/Kolkata, the city. ... Confirmation can refer to: Confirmation (sacrament) Confirmation (epistemology) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Ordination is the process in which clergy become authorized by their religious denomination and/or seminary to perform religious rituals and ceremonies. ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Abbeys western façade The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster, which is almost always referred to as Westminster Abbey, is a mainly Gothic church, on the scale of a cathedral (and indeed often considered one), in Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. ... City motto: Spes Bona (Latin: Good Hope) Location of the City of Cape Town in Western Cape Province Province Western Cape Mayor Helen Zille Area  - % water 2,499 km² N/A Population  - Total (2004)  - Density Not ranked 2,893,251 1,158/km² Established 1652 Time zone SAST (UTC+2... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

A breakaway group, the Church of England in South Africa separated after 1870 and was constituted in 1938. It is a separate church body of conservative evangelical orientation and is not part of the Anglican Communion although it is strongly supported by and has close ties with the Anglican Diocese of Sydney. The Church of England in South Africa (CESA) was constituted in 1938 as a federation of churches. ... The Sydney Diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia is unique in Western Anglicanism in that the majority of the diocese is Evangelical (low church) in nature, and committed to Reformed and Calvinist theology. ...

Dioceses and bishops

• Diocese of Cape Town - Archbishop and Metropolitan: Njongonkulu Ndungane
• Diocese of Angola - Bishop: Andre Soares
• Diocese of Christ the King - Bishop: Peter Lee
• Diocese of False Bay - Bishop: Mervyn Castle
• Diocese of the Free State - Bishop: Patrick Glover
• Diocese of George - Bishop: Donald Harker
• Diocese of Grahamstown - Bishop: Thabo Makgoba
• Diocese of Highveld - Bishop: David Beetge
• Diocese of Johannesburg - Bishop: Brian Germond
• Diocese of Kimberley and Kuruman - Bishop: Itumeleng Moseki
• Diocese of Lebombo - Bishop: Dinis Sengulane
• Diocese of Lesotho - Bishop: See is Vacant
• Diocese of Matlosane - Bishop: David Nkwe
• Diocese of Mpumalanga - Bishop: Leslie Walker
• Diocese of Namibia - Bishop: Nathaniel Nakwatumbah
• Diocese of Natal - Bishop: Rubin Philip
• Diocese of Niassa - Bishop: Mark van Koevering
• Diocese of Port Elizabeth - Bishop: Bethlehem Nopece
• Diocese of Preoria - Bishop: Jo Seoka
• Diocese of Saldanha Bay - Bishop: Raphael Hess
• Diocese of St Helena - Bishop: John Salt
• Diocese of St John's - Bishop: Sitembela Mzamane
• Diocese of St Mark the Evanglelist - Bishop: Martin Breytenbach
• Diocese of Swaziland - Bishop: Meshack Mabuza
• Diocese of Umzimvubu - Bishop: Mlibo Ngewu
• Diocese of Zululand - Bishop: Dino Gabriel

The Anglican Diocese of Cape Town came into being in 1847 with the consecration of the first bishop, Robert Gray, and later expanded to become the Church of the Province of Southern Africa. ... The Anglican Diocese of Namibia is part of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa, which is itself part of the Anglican Communion. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Bibliography

• Elphick, Richard & Davenport, Rodney (eds). (1997). Christianity in South Africa: a political, social and cultural history. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-20940-0

• Hinchliff, Peter (1968). The church in South Africa. London: SPCK. ISBN 0-281-02277-1.

• Page, B.T. (1947). The harvest of good hope. London: SPCK.

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Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia · Australia · Bangladesh · Brazil · Burundi · Canada · Central Africa · Central America · Congo · England · Hong Kong · India, North · India, South · Indian Ocean · Ireland · Japan · Jerusalem and the Middle East · Kenya · Korea · Melanesia · Mexico · Myanmar · Nigeria · Pakistan · Papua New Guinea · Philippines · Rwanda · Scotland · South East Asia · Southern Africa · Southern Cone · Sudan · Tanzania · Uganda · USA · Wales · West Africa · West Indies  — extra-provincial churches The Anglican Communion uses the compass rose as its symbol, signifying its worldwide reach and decentralized nature. ... Photograph by Keith Edkins File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia is a church of the Anglican Communion serving New Zealand, Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, and the Cook Islands. ... The Church of England is the officially established Christian church[1] in England, and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion, as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion. ... The Church of North India has united various denominations and missions and orders in India. ... The Church of South India is an autonomous Protestant church of South India. ... Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East. ... Founded in 1889 there are at present over 100 parish and mission churches with roughly 50,000 members in the Anglican Church of Korea. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The neutrality of this article is disputed. ... The Church of the Province of South East Asia was formed in 1996 and consists of the dioceses of Kuching, Sabah, Singapore and West Malaysia. ... The Iglesia Anglicana del Cono Sur de las Americas (Spanish for: Anglican Church of the Southern Cone of the Americas) is the ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Communion that covers the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. ... Flag of the Church in Wales The Church in Wales (Welsh: Yr Eglwys Yng Nghymru) is a member Church of the Anglican Communion, consisting of six dioceses in Wales. ... The Church of the Province of West Africa is a province of the Anglican Communion, covering a number of sees in West Africa. ... The extra-provincial Anglican churches are a group of small, semi-independent church entities within the Anglican Communion. ... Churches in full communion: Mar Thoma Syrian Church · Old Catholic Church · Philippine Independent Church The Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church, commonly referred to as the Mar Thoma Church is a Reformed offshoot of the pre-16th century undivided Syrian Orthodox Church, and got its current identity in 1889, even though it was born much earlier. ... The Old Catholic Church is a community of Christian churches. ... The Philippine Independent Church, officially the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) in Spanish, is a Christian denomination of the Old Catholic tradition in the form of a national church. ...