Dale Bowers Explained

Type:bishop
Honorific Prefix:The Right Reverend
Dale Bowers
Bishop of Saint Helena
Church:Anglican Church of Southern Africa
Diocese:Saint Helena
Term Start:2018
Predecessor:Richard Fenwick
Consecration:November 2018
Consecrated By:Thabo Makgoba
Birth Place:Saint Helena

Dale Bowers is the Anglican Bishop of Saint Helena.

Bowers was consecrated a bishop by Thabo Makgoba (Archbishop of Cape Town), Stephen Diseko (Bishop of Matlosane), and Allan Kannemeyer (Bishop of Pretoria). His consecration at St Paul's Cathedral in 2018 was the first to be held on the island, made more practical by the opening of Saint Helena Airport in 2016. Bowers is the second Bishop of St Helena to have been born on the island.[1]

Before becoming bishop, Bowers was vicar of Jamestown in St Helena.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Bishop of St Helena is the first to be consecrated on the remote South Atlantic island . Anglican Communion News Service . 21 January 2019 . 6 December 2018.
  2. Web site: Consecration & Installation of Bishop Dale Bowers of St Helena . . 8 February 2020 . 16 November 2018.