Anglican Diocese of Cape Town

Diocese of Cape Town

Dioecesis Civitatis Capitis

Bisdom van Kaapstad
IDayosisi yaseKapa
Location
CountrySouth Africa
Ecclesiastical provinceSouthern Africa
ArchdeaconriesCathedral, Athlone, Constantia, Groote Schuur, Ibongoletu, Rondebosch, Waterfront
Coordinates33°55′30″S 18°25′10″E / 33.92500°S 18.41944°E / -33.92500; 18.41944
Statistics
Parishes47
Information
RiteAnglican
Established1847
CathedralSt. George's Cathedral
Current leadership
ArchbishopThabo Makgoba, Archbishop of Cape Town
SuffraganJoshua Louw, Bishop of Table Bay
Website
www.capetown.anglican.org
Christ in Triumph over Darkness and Evil, stained glass window by French artist Gabriel Loire in memory of Earl Mountbatten of Burma, at St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town.
Desmond Tutu, archbishop from 1986 to 1996

The Diocese of Cape Town is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa (ACSA) which presently covers central Cape Town, some of its suburbs and the island of Tristan da Cunha, though in the past it has covered a much larger territory. The Ordinary of the diocese is Archbishop of Cape Town and ex officio Primate and Metropolitan of the ACSA. His seat is St. George's Cathedral in Cape Town.[1]

Desmond Tutu was archbishop from 1986 to 1996 and was archbishop-emeritus until his death in 2021.[2] The current archbishop is Thabo Makgoba.[3] Because of the archbishop's responsibilities as primate, many of his diocesan duties are delegated to a suffragan bishop known as the Bishop of Table Bay, an office currently held by Joshua Louw.[4] (This is similar to the Bishop of Dover in the Church of England Diocese of Canterbury, who has held such a role since 1980.)

  1. ^ St Georges Cathedral website
  2. ^ "Archbishop Emeritus Mpilo Tutu". South African History Online. 4 April 2011. Archived from the original on 14 September 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
  3. ^ Fisher, Ryland (18 June 2013). "Maverick interview: Archbishop Thabo Makgoba". Daily Maverick. Retrieved 2017-09-19.
  4. ^ New Bishop of Table Bay elected