Rubin Phillip

The Right Reverend

Rubin Phillip
Bishop of Natal
ProvinceSouthern Africa
DioceseNatal
Installed1999
Term ended2015
PredecessorMichael Nuttall
SuccessorDino Gabriel
Personal details
Bornc. 1948

Rubin Phillip (born c. 1948) is bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Natal.[1] The great-grandchild of indentured labourers from Andhra Pradesh, Phillip is the first person of Indian heritage in South Africa to hold the position of Bishop of Natal. He grew up in Clairwood, a suburb of Durban with a large concentration of people of Indian descent, in a non-religious household, but converted to Christianity. He was a noted anti-apartheid activist and spent three years under house arrest in the 1970s[2] and was banned in 1973.[3] He was enthroned as bishop in February 2000.[4]

He continues to take political positions and remains connected to grassroots struggles.[5][6]

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  6. ^ Unfreedom Day Rally: Freedom a figment of elite imagination, say 50,000 shack dwellers, Dennis Webster, The Daily Maverick, 24 April 2018