Siegfried Ngubane

Last updated

Siegfried Ngubane
Presiding Bishop of REACH-SA
Church Reformed Evangelical Anglican Church of South Africa
In office2024–present
Predecessor Glenn Lyons
Other post(s)Chancellor of George Whitefield College
Orders
Consecration10 February 2024
by Glenn Lyons
Personal details
Born1961 (age 6263)
SpouseMaureen Ngubane
Alma mater George Whitefield College, Stellenbosch University, South African Theological Seminary, University of the Free State

Siegfried John Ngubane (born 1961) is a South African Anglican bishop. He is the first indigenous African presiding bishop of the Reformed Evangelical Anglican Church of South Africa (REACH-SA).

Contents

Biography

Ngubane graduated from the REACH-SA seminary, George Whitefield College (GWC), in 1998. He also holds master's degrees in industrial psychology from the Stellenbosch University and in missiology from South African Theological Seminary and a Ph.D. in missiology from the University of the Free State. [1] [2]

Ngubane was rector of Christ Church Khayelitsha near Cape Town. [1] He was also appointed the first indigenous African lecturer at GWC in 2004 as part of an initiative in the REACH-SA (then known as the Church of England in South Africa) to address the needs of multiracial and Black churches and mentor the growing number of indigenous African postulants entering the seminary. [3] In 2010, he became the South African director of SIM, a cross-cultural missions agency. [4]

In September 2023, the REACH-SA synod elected Ngubane as presiding bishop, succeeding Glenn Lyons. [1] Ngubane was consecrated to the episcopate and installed as presiding bishop at Christ Church Midrand on 10 February 2024. In this capacity he is a member of the Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (Gafcon) primates' council. In addition to REACH-SA bishops, several bishops from other Gafcon jurisdictions participated in Ngubane's consecration, including Stephen Kaziimba of the Church of Uganda, who preached at the service; Julian Dobbs of the Anglican Church in North America; Lukas Katenda from REACH-Namibia, Malcolm Richards from the Anglican Diocese of Sydney; and Andy Lines from the Anglican Network in Europe. Three bishops were also present representing the Anglican Church of Southern Africa and its primate, Thabo Makgoba. [5]

Personal life

Ngubane is Zulu. [3] He is married to Maureen, and they have three adult children. [4]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peter Akinola</span> Primate of the Church of Nigeria from 2000 to 2010

Peter Jasper Akinola is the former Anglican Primate of the Church of Nigeria. He is also the former bishop of Abuja and Archbishop of Province III, which covered the northern and central parts of the country. When the division into ecclesiastical provinces was adopted in 2002, he became the first Archbishop of Abuja Province, a position he held until 2010. He is married and a father of six.

The Anglican Church of Southern Africa, known until 2006 as the Church of the Province of Southern Africa, is the province of the Anglican Communion in the southern part of Africa. The church has twenty-five dioceses, of which twenty-one are located in South Africa, and one each in Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia and Saint Helena.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robert Duncan (bishop)</span> American Anglican bishop

Robert William Duncan is an American Anglican bishop. He was the first primate and archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) from June 2009 to June 2014. In 1997, he was elected bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh. In 2008, a majority of the diocesan convention voted to leave the diocese and the Episcopal Church and, in October 2009, named their new church the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh. Duncan served as bishop for the new Anglican diocese until 10 September 2016 upon the installation of his successor, Jim Hobby.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">George Whitefield College</span>

George Whitefield College is a Christian theological college in Muizenberg, Cape Town, South Africa.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Reformed Evangelical Anglican Church of South Africa</span> Christian denomination in South Africa

The Reformed Evangelical Anglican Church of South Africa (REACH-SA), known until 2013 as the Church of England in South Africa (CESA), is a Christian denomination in South Africa. It was constituted in 1938 as a federation of churches. It appointed its first bishop in 1955. It is an Anglican church and it relates closely to the Sydney Diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia, to which it is similar in that it sees itself as a bastion of the Reformation and particularly of reformed doctrine.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anglican Church of South America</span> South American religious congregation

The Anglican Church of South America is the ecclesiastical province of the Anglican Communion that covers six dioceses in the countries of Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Michael Curry (bishop)</span> Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church from 2015 to 2024

Michael Bruce Curry is an American retired bishop who was the 27th presiding bishop and primate of the Episcopal Church. Elected in 2015, he was the first African American elected to the role, having previously served as Bishop of North Carolina from 2000 to 2015. His tenure as presiding bishop ended on November 1, 2024, and he was succeeded by Sean Rowe.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches</span> Ecclesiastical conference

The Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches (GSFA), formerly known as Global South (Anglican), is a communion of 25 Anglican churches, of which 22 are provinces of the Anglican Communion, plus the Anglican Church in North America and the Anglican Church in Brazil. The Anglican Diocese of Sydney is also officially listed as a member.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anglican Church in North America</span> Anglican realignment province

The Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) is a Christian denomination in the Anglican tradition in the United States and Canada. It also includes ten congregations in Mexico, two mission churches in Guatemala, and a missionary diocese in Cuba. Headquartered in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, the church reported more than 1,000 congregations and more than 128,000 members in 2023. The first archbishop of the ACNA was Robert Duncan, who was succeeded by Foley Beach in 2014. In June 2024, the College of Bishops elected Steve Wood as the third archbishop of the ACNA. Authority was transferred to him during the closing Eucharist at the ACNA Assembly 2024 conference in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.

The Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) is a series of conferences of conservative Anglican bishops and leaders, the first of which was held in Jerusalem from 22 to 29 June 2008 to address the growing controversy of the divisions in the Anglican Communion, the rise of secularism, as well as concerns with HIV/AIDS and poverty. As a result of the conference, the Jerusalem Declaration was issued and the Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans was created. The conference participants also called for the creation of the Anglican Church in North America as an alternative to both the Episcopal Church in the United States and the Anglican Church of Canada, and declared that recognition by the Archbishop of Canterbury is not necessary to Anglican identity.

The Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans is a communion of conservative Anglican churches that formed in 2008 in response to ongoing theological disputes in the worldwide Anglican Communion. Conservative Anglicans met in 2008 at the Global Anglican Future Conference, creating the Jerusalem Declaration and establishing the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (FCA), which was rebranded as GAFCON in 2017.

Nceba Bethlehem Nopece is a South African Anglican bishop. He was the bishop of Port Elizabeth in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa from 2001 to 2018. He is a theological conservative, the leading name of the Anglican realignment in his church and also the chairman of the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans in South Africa, launched in 2009.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Daniel Deng Bul</span> South Sudanese Episcopalian bishop

Daniel Deng Bul Yak is a South Sudanese Episcopalian bishop. He was the fourth Archbishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church of Sudan, now called Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan, since his enthronement on 20 April 2008 and until his retirement on 22 April 2018. He is married and has six children.

Jacob Erasto Chimeledya is a Tanzanian Anglican bishop. He was elected archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church of Tanzania on 21 February 2013 in a vote against the incumbent, Valentino Mokiwa, in a controversial election. He was enthroned on 19 May 2013 and also remained bishop of the Diocese of Mpwapwa. He was in office until 21 May 2018.

Vicente Msosa is a Mozambican Anglican bishop. He was the youngest bishop in the Anglican Communion when he was consecrated as bishop of Niassa in 2017 at the age of 35. Since 2024, he has been the first elected presiding bishop of the Anglican Church of Mozambique and Angola, the newest province of the Anglican Communion.

Elizabeth Awut Ngor is a South Sudanese Anglican bishop. She serves as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Rumbek of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan, having been consecrated a bishop on 31 December 2016 by Daniel Deng Bul, Archbishop of Juba. She is the first woman to become a bishop in a province of the Anglican Communion that aligns itself with GAFCON, a conservative Anglican movement that disapproves of homosexuality, and supports limiting women's leadership roles and their ordination.

Laurent Mbanda is a Rwandan Anglican bishop. He was the bishop of the Diocese of Shyira when he was elected the fourth archbishop and primate of the Province of the Anglican Church of Rwanda on 17 January 2018, being enthroned on 10 June 2018.

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.

Dudley Foord was an Australian Anglican minister who served as the third presiding bishop of the Church of England in South Africa from 1984 to 1987.

The Anglican Network in Europe (ANiE) is a Christian denomination in the Anglican tradition with churches in Europe. Formed as part of the worldwide Anglican realignment, it is a member jurisdiction of the Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (GAFCON) and is under the primatial oversight of the chairman of the GAFCON Primates Council. ANiE runs in parallel with the Free Church of England (RECUK). GAFCON recognizes ANiE as a "proto-province" operating separately from the Church of England, the Scottish Episcopal Church, the Church in Wales and other Anglican Communion jurisdictions in Great Britain and the European continent. ANiE is the body hierarchically above the preexisting Anglican Mission in England; the former is the equivalent of a province whilst the latter is a convocation, the equivalent of a diocese.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "New Presiding Bishop of REACH-SA Elected". REACH-SA. 15 September 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  2. "The Team at Skogheim". Skogheim.
  3. 1 2 "George Whitefield College appoints first African lecturer". SydneyAnglicans.net. 27 February 2004. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Q&A WITH SIEGFRIED NGUBANE". SIM Connect. No. 4. 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  5. "The Consecration service of Siegfried Ngubane". YouTube. REACH-South Africa. 10 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
Religious titles
Preceded by Presiding Bishop of REACH-SA
Since 2024
Incumbent