Bishop of Grahamstown

The Bishop of Grahamstown is the Ordinary of the Diocese of Grahamstown in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. The Bishop's residence is at Bishopsbourne, Grahamstown.

List of Bishops of Grahamstown

Diocesan bishops

John Armstrong, D.D. 1853-1856 Henry Cotterill, M.A., D.D. 1856-1871 (Later bishop of Edinburgh) Nathaniel James Merriman, D.D. 1871-1882 Allan Becher Webb, D.D. 1883-1898 (Later dean of Salisbury, England) Charles Edward Cornish, D.D. 1899-1915 Francis Robinson Phelps, D.D. 1915-1931 (Later Archbishop of Cape Town) Archibald Howard Cullen, M.A. 1931-1959 Robert Selby Taylor, M.A., D.D. 1959-1964 (Later archbishop of Cape Town) Gordon Leslie Tindall, B.A. 1964-1969 Bill Bendyshe Burnett, M.A. L.Th. 1969-1974 (Later archbishop of Cape Town) Kenneth Cyril Oram, B.A., A.K.C. 1974-1987 (Later assistant bishop of Lichfield) David Patrick Hamilton Russell, M.A., Ph.D. 1987-2004 Thabo Cecil Makgoba, B.Sc. B.A. (Hons) MEd Ph.D. 2004-2007 (LaterArchbishop of Cape Town) Ebenezer St Mark Ntlali, Dip.Th. B.A. (Hons) B.Th. 2007–2023 Mcebisi Pinyana,Dip.Th. B.A. (Hons) MPhil. 2025-present

Bishops suffragan

The following were bishops suffragan in the diocese:

Eric Pike, P.T.C., Dip.Th. 1989-1993 (Later bishop of Port Elizabeth) Anthony Mdletshe, L.Th., M.Div. 1993-1997 (Later bishop of Zululand) Bethlehem Nopece, Dip.Th. B.Th. M.Th. 1998-2002 (Later bishop of Port Elizabeth) Thabo Cecil Makgoba, B.Sc. B.A. (Hons) MEd.(Psychology) Ph.D. 2002-2004 (afterwards bishop of Grahamstown)

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