Province of Southern Africa

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.

Province of Southern Africa
Location
CountrySouth Africa, Zimbabwe
MetropolitanDominic Mdunyelwa
Information
DenominationAnglican Catholic Church
Established2005

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. For health reasons Bishop Kenyon-Hoare retired as Ordinary as from 1 March 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] 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.[8]

Kenyon-Hoare was succeeded by Dominic Mdunyelwa, who was received into the ACC from the Anglican Church in Southern Africa[9] and consecrated bishop on February 13, 2015 by Archbishop Mark Haverland, with bishops Alan Kenyon-Hoare and Solomzi Mentjies acting as co-consecrators.[10]

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.[11] 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.[12] 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.[9] The Right Reverend Dominic Mdunyelwa was installed by Archbishop Mark Haverland on November 14, 2021.[13] 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.[14]

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.[15] The Province consists of the following dioceses:

  • Diocese of Kei, Bishop Ordinary Dominic Mdunyelwa.
  • Missionary Diocese of Ekurhuleni, Bishop Ordinary Elliot Mnyande.[14]
  • Missionary Diocese of Saint Paul, Pro-Cathedral in Port Elizabeth, Bishop Ordinary Mzukisi Banzana.
  • Missionary Diocese of Vaal, Bishop Ordinary Jacob Qhesi.[14]
  • Missionary Diocese of Johannesburg, Pro-Cathedral of St. Cyrprian (ACC), in Pimville, Soweto, Bishop Ordinary Xolani Mhlakaza.[16]
  • Diocese of Christ the King, Pro-Cathedral in Makhanda, Bishop Ordinary Siviwe Samuel Maqoma.[14]
  • Diocese of Zimbabwe, Bishop Ordinary Elfigio Mandizvidza.[17]
  • Patrimony of the North West (South Africa), Vicar-General Ntai Sebidi.[15]

Bibliography
  • Mtuze, Peter Tshobiso (2009) Bishop Dr S. Dwane and the rise of Xhosa spirituality in the Ethiopian Episcopal Church (formerly the Order of Ethiopia), University of South Africa, Pretoria
  • Kirk, Joyce F. (1998). Making a voice: African resistance to segregation in South Africa. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press. ISBN 0-8133-2769-5. OCLC 37437511.
  • Hayes, Stephen (1992). "The African Independent churches: Judgement through terminology" Missionalia 20:2, 139-146, doi:10.10520/AJA02569507_225

References
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  3. "Wayback Machine". 2017-07-31. Archived from the original on 2017-07-31. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
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  5. "ACC Staff and Clergy". 2017-07-31. Archived from the original on 2017-07-31. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
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  7. Kirk, Joyce F. (1998). Making a voice : African resistance to segregation in South Africa. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press. p. 283. ISBN 0-8133-2769-5. OCLC 37437511.
  8. "14 die in South African attacks". The Trinitarian. 2012-10-01. p. 3.
  9. Release, Press (2021-11-14). "Newly established Anglican Catholic Church's Province of Southern Africa elects Dominic Mdunyelwa as Archbishop". Anglican Ink © 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-30.
  10. 2 Bishops Consecrated". The Trinitarian. March–April 2015. p. 3.
  11. "A Third Province on the Horizon". The Trinitarian. Nov–Dec 2013. p. 1.
  12. "S.AFRICA'S DIOCESAN MAP REDRAWN" (PDF). The Trinitarian. Nov–Dec 2015. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-05-11.
  13. "Newly established Province of Southern Africa elects Dominic Mdunyelwa as Archbishop". anglicancatholic.org. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
  14. "New ACC Province Holds Inaugural Synod". The Trinitarian. Jan–Feb 2022. p. 1.
  15. "PROVINCE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA". The Trinitarian (MARCH-APRIL 2023 ed.). p. 1.
  16. "New Bishop Consecrated for ACC Province of Southern Africa". The Trinitarian. May–June 2023. p. 1.
  17. "ZIMBABWE GETS 1ST ACC BISHOP" (PDF). The Trinitarian. December 2019. p. 1. Retrieved December 10, 2021.
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