Anglican Diocese of Johannesburg explained

Jurisdiction:Diocese
Johannesburg
Rite:Anglican
Province:Southern Africa
Bishop:Stephen Moreo
Cathedral:St Mary's Cathedral, Johannesburg
Parishes:76
Website:Official Website
Headquarters:St Joseph's Diocesan Centre in Sophiatown, Johannesburg
Metropolitan:Thabo Makgoba

The Diocese of Johannesburg is a non-metropolitan diocese of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. It was formed in 1922 from the southern part of the Diocese of Pretoria, and at that time included the whole of the southern Transvaal. Today it is much smaller, and comprises the central part of Gauteng province. The cathedral of the Diocese of Johannesburg is the Cathedral Church of Saint Mary the Virgin. The headquarters of the diocese and the bishop's office are situated at St Joseph's Diocesan Centre in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. The diocese oversees St John's College, Johannesburg, St Mary's School, Waverley, Bishop Bavin School, St Peter's College, Johannesburg and Vuleka Schools. The diocese has a total of 76 parishes

List of the Bishops of Johannesburg

Coat of arms

The diocese assumed a coat of arms in 1922. The arms were formally granted by the College of Arms in 1949, and registered at the Bureau of Heraldry in 1964 : Gules, in front of two wings conjoined in lure Or, a heart Gules transfixed by a sword, point downwards proper, pommel and hilt Or, a chief barry wavy of six Azure and Argent, the shield ensigned with an episcopal mitre.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Revd Stephen Moreo elected as bishop of the Diocese of Johannesburg . Anglican Church of South Africa . 16 March 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150610221837/http://www.anglicanchurchsa.org/view.asp?ItemID=472&tname=tblComponent1&oname=News&pg=front . 10 June 2015 .
  2. News: Moreo becomes Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg. 16 March 2013. SABC. 16 March 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20150610224531/http://www.sabc.co.za/news/a/46e843004ee98f4783ed933a187502c4/Moreo-becomes-Anglican-Bishop-of-Johannesburg-20130316. 10 June 2015. dead.
  3. Book: Brownell, F. G. . Fred Brownell. Heraldry in the Church of the Province of Southern Africa, 1847-2000: Coats of Arms of the Dioceses, Collegiate and Parish Churches, and the Order of Ethiopia. 2002. Heraldsholme CC. 978-0-620-28606-0. 43–46.