Hummingfield Charles Nkosinathi Ndwandwe [1] (born 29 January 1959) is a South African Anglican bishop: [2] he has been Bishop of Mthatha [3] since 2017. [4] On 9 July 2021 he was elected to be the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Natal, by an electoral college of bishops for the Province of Southern Africa, meeting online. [5]
Ndwandwe was born in Nongoma and ordained in 1983. He was previously Suffragan Bishop of Natal. [6]
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