Eric Pike Explained

Type:Bishop
Eric Pike
Bishop of Port Elizabeth
Diocese:Diocese of Port Elizabeth
Term:1993–2001
Predecessor:Bruce Evans
Successor:Bethlehem Nopece
Other Post:Suffragan bishop of Grahamstown
Ordination:1968
Consecration:1993
Birth Date:11 November 1936
Religion:Anglican

Eric Pike (11 November 1936 – 17 June 2021)[1] was a South African Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of Port Elizabeth from 1993 to 2001.

He was educated at Graaff Reinet Teachers' Training College and was a teacher at Queen’s College Boys' High School from 1958 to 1965. He trained for the priesthood at St Paul’s Theological College, Grahamstown and was ordained in 1968. He was assistant priest at St John’s, East London and then rector of St Paul’s, Komga. From 1978 he was archdeacon of East London and then suffragan bishop of Grahamstown before his election in 1993 to the See of Port Elizabeth as its third bishop. He was in office until 2001.

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  1. News: Man of prayer and pilgrimage Bishop Eric Pike remembered for compassion, Celtic Christianity. Gateway News. 2021-06-24. 2022-02-07.