Province of Southern Africa

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Province of Southern Africa
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CountrySouth Africa, Zimbabwe, Tanzania
MetropolitanDominic Mdunyelwa
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Denomination Anglican Catholic Church
Established2005

The Province of Southern Africa is an autonomous province of the Anglican Catholic Church (ACC). It constitutes the Third Province of the Anglican Catholic Church. As a part of Continuing Anglicanism which formed from the Congress of St. Louis, it is traditionally catholic in liturgy and doctrine and uses the 1954 Book of Common Prayer and its authorised derivatives. [1] While it was epsicopally reliant on the American part of the Anglican Catholic Church for many years, it is considered an African Independent Church.

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History

The Anglican Catholic Church in Southern Africa began at Polokwane in the Limpopo Province. [1] In 2005, the Missionary Diocese of Southern Africa was formed [2] and a Constitution adopted. [3] Father Alan Kenyon-Hoare was appointed Vicar General in July 2005, upon the death of the Venerable Innocent Nyoni. He had been Rector and founder of the Parish of the Holy Paraclete in Edgemead, Cape Town. Fr Kenyon-Hoare was consecrated on the 7th of October 2010 by Archbishop Mark Haverland, with bishops Rommie Starks, William McClean, Denver Presley Hutchens, Edward LaCour, Wilson Chan Awac Garang, and Damien Mead acting as co-consecrators. [4] He was enthroned as Bishop Ordinary of the Missionary Diocese on the 7th of November 2010. Bishop Kenyon-Hoare retired as Ordinary for health reasons on March 1, 2015. [5] He died January 20, 2021. [6]

In 1996, some former members of the Order of Ethiopia - CPSA split to form their own church, eventually joining the Missionary Diocese of South Africa. [7] Immigrants from Ethiopia and other refugees also joined the church, citing openness to foreigners among the clergy. [8] In 2012, fourteen ethnic Ethiopian parishioners in the Cape Peninsula were killed by Somalis of the al-Shabaab terrorist cell. Bishop Kenyon-Hoare helped three Ethiopians in mortal danger move to Australia for refuge. [9]

Kenyon-Hoare was succeeded by Dominic Mdunyelwa, who was received into the ACC from the Anglican Church in Southern Africa [10] and consecrated bishop on February 13, 2015 by Archbishop Mark Haverland, with bishops Alan Kenyon-Hoare and Solomzi Mentjies acting as co-consecrators. [11]

At the XX Synod of the Original Province of the Anglican Catholic Church, which met October 23–24, 2013, in Newport Beach, California, the possibility of creating a province for the growing number of African dioceses was raised. [12] At the next provincial synod in 2015, further organization was taken for South Africa, with the view of creating a new province in response to rapid growth. [13] In September 2021, by a vote of the Provincial Synod of the Original Province, the Province of Southern Africa, was established. At the inaugural synod on November 13, 2021, the ACC’s Province of Southern Africa unanimously elected the Right Reverend Dominic Mdunyelwa as its first Archbishop and Metropolitan. [10] The Right Reverend Dominic Mdunyelwa was installed by Archbishop Mark Haverland on November 14, 2021. [14] Additionally, the Diocese of Umzi Wase Tiyopiya and Rt. Rev. Siviwe Samuel Maqoma were accepted into the newly created province and renamed the Diocese of Christ the King. [15]

The Diocese of Umzi Wase Tiyopiya had been organized by Bishop Michael Wright, of the Holy Catholic Church-Western Rite. [16] Bishop Banzana was consecrated its Bishop Ordinary in 2010. [17]

Organization

The newly autonomous Province was composed of 5 dioceses in South Africa, and the one and only diocese in Zimbabwe. The 2 remaining dioceses in South Africa voted to remain part of the Original Province. In 2023, the Province raised the Patrimony of Johannesburg to a diocese, bringing the number of dioceses to 7. [18] The Province now consists of the following dioceses:

The episcopal roster also includes Rt. Rev. Augustine Koliti, Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese of the Kei, and Rt. Rev. Andile Ntamo, Missionary Bishop. [21]

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