John Ramadhani

Last updated

John Ramadhani
Archbishop emeritus of Tanzania
Church Anglican Church of Tanzania
Orders
Ordination1971
Consecration1980
by Mussa Kahurananga
Personal details
Born1 August 1932
Zanzibar
Previous post(s)Archbishop of Tanzania
Bishop of Zanzibar and Tanga
Bishop of Zanzibar

John Acland Ramadhani (born 1 August 1932 in Zanzibar) is a former Tanzanian Anglican archbishop.

His grandfather was Cecil Majaliwa, the first African Anglican priest of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa. [1] :337,341 His parents were Matthew Douglas Ramadhani and Bridget Ann Constance Masoud, both teachers. His nephew was Augustino Ramadhani, who became Chief Justice of Tanzania- [2]

Ramadhani completed a degree at the University of East Africa. He also gained degrees in England from Queens College, Birmingham, and the University of Birmingham.

Ramadhani was principal at St. Andrew's Teachers College, in Korogwe, from 1967 to 1969.[ citation needed ]

Ramadhani was ordained a priest in 1976 at Christ Church, Zanzibar [1] :341 by Mussa Kahurananga.[ citation needed ] He was warden at St. Mark's Theological College, in Dar es Salaam, from 1977 to 1979.[ citation needed ]

Ramadhani was bishop of the Diocese of Zanzibar and Tanga, from 1980 to 2001. After the diocese split, he served as interim bishop of Zanzibar until 2002, when Bishop Douglas Toto took office and Ramadhani retired.[ citation needed ]

Ramadhani was archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church of Tanzania from 1984 to 1998. [3]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Zanzibar</span> Autonomous part of Tanzania

Zanzibar is an insular semi-autonomous province which united with Tanganyika in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania. It is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, 25–50 km (16–31 mi) off the coast of the African mainland, and consists of many small islands and two large ones: Unguja and Pemba Island. The capital is Zanzibar City, located on the island of Unguja. Its historic centre, Stone Town, is a World Heritage Site.

The Anglican Church of Tanzania is a province of the Anglican Communion based in Dodoma. It consists of 28 dioceses headed by their respective bishops. It seceded from the Province of East Africa in 1970, which it shared with Kenya. The current primate and archbishop is Maimbo Mndolwa, enthroned on 20 May 2018.

The Church of Nigeria North American Mission (CONNAM) is a missionary body of the Church of Nigeria (CON). It has been in a ministry partnership with the Anglican Church in North America but no longer affiliated with it beyond mutual membership in GAFCON. Founded in 2005 as the Convocation of Anglicans in North America, it was composed primarily of churches that have disaffiliated from the Episcopal Church in the United States of America (ECUSA). CANA was initially a missionary initiative of the Anglican Church of Nigeria for Nigerians living in the United States. It joined several other church bodies in the formation of the Anglican Church in North America in 2009. In 2019, the dual jurisdiction arrangement with the ACNA came to an end, and CANA was reformed as CONNAM, with a special focus on serving Nigerian-American Anglican churches in North America.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam</span>

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Tanzania.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Same is a diocese located in the Same District in the ecclesiastical province of Arusha in Tanzania.

The Diocese of Zanzibar is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Dar-es-Salaam.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Universities' Mission to Central Africa</span> Former Anglo-Catholic missionary society

The Universities' Mission to Central Africa was a missionary society established by members of the Anglican Church within the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Durham, and Dublin. It was firmly in the Anglo-Catholic tradition of the Church, and the first to devolve authority to a bishop in the field rather than to a home committee. Founded in response to a plea by David Livingstone, the society established the mission stations that grew to be the bishoprics of Zanzibar and Nyasaland, and pioneered the training of black African priests.

The Bishop of Zanzibar is the Diocesan of an island diocese in the Anglican Church of Tanzania. Its current bishop is Michael Hafidh. The bishop's seat is Christ Church, Zanzibar, the Anglican cathedral in Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania.

William Scott Baker was an Anglican bishop in the Diocese of Zanzibar and its successors.

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

Valentino Leonard Mokiwa is a former Tanzanian Anglican Archbishop. He was elected as the Primate and Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Tanzania in 2008 and occupied the position until 2013. Since being elected in April 2002, Mokiwa was the Bishop of the Diocese of Dar es Salaam, until his deposition in January 2017.

Vinda was an Ancient city and bishopric in North Africa and is now a Latin Catholic titular see.

Maimbo William Mndolwa is a Tanzanian Anglican bishop. He is the Bishop of the Diocese of Tanga and was elected Archbishop and Primate of the Anglican Church of Tanzania on 15 February 2018, with his enthronement taking place on 20 May 2018. He is married to Frida.

John Thomas Mhina Sepeku was the inaugural archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church of Tanzania, serving from 5 July 1970 until his resignation effective 1 September 1978.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anglican Diocese of Dar es Salaam</span>

The Diocese of Dar es Salaam is a diocese in the Anglican Church of Tanzania. The current bishop is the Right Reverend Jackson Sosthenes.

Events of 2020 in Tanzania.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Augustino Ramadhani</span> Tanzanian jurist and Christian leader (1945–2020)

Augustino Steven Lawrence Ramadhani was a Tanzanian jurist and Christian leader. He was Chief Justice of Tanzania from 2007 to 2010, and a Judge of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights from 2010 to 2016. From 2017 to 2018 he was episcopal vicar of the Diocese of Dar es Salaam.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cecil Majaliwa</span>

Cecil Majaliwa was a former slave from Zanzibar who became the first African to be ordained as a priest in what is now Tanzania. After being freed, he was educated in Zanzibar and England by the Universities' Mission to Central Africa. He was highly successful during eleven years as an Anglican missionary in the south of the country. However, the European leaders of the mission downplayed his achievements and failed to promote him.

Jackson Sosthenes is the Bishop of Dar es Salaam.

Barnabas Albert Samatta is a retired Tanzanian lawyer and judge who was Chief Justice of Tanzania from 2000 to 2007.

References

  1. 1 2 Moriyama, Jerome T. (2000). "Building a home-grown Church". In Daniel O'Connor (ed.). Three Centuries of Mission . Bloomsbury Publishing. p.  341 . Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  2. George Conger (28 April 2020), "Tanzania's Augustino Ramadhani dead", Anglican Ink, retrieved 2020-07-17
  3. Conger, George (2017-03-03). "Ramadhani given charge of Dar es Salaam". Anglican Ink © 2020. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Primate of the Anglican Church of Tanzania
1984–1998
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Zanzibar and Tanga
1980–2000
Succeeded by
Himself
as interim Bishop of Zanzibar
Succeeded byas Bishop of Tanga
New title interim Bishop of Zanzibar
2001–2002
Succeeded byas Bishop of Zanzibar