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Anglican News March 2009 - VOL 1 NO 2
![]() Ebenezer Ntlali: Grahamstowns New Bishop Ebenezer Ntlali: Grahamstowns New BishopEbenezer Ntlali, Archdeacon of King William's Town, was elected to be the next Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Grahamstown.Ebenezer Ntlali, was elected by the Elective Assembly of the Diocese, meeting in the Cathedral, Grahamstown on Tuesday 20 May. He succeeds Thabo Makgoba, who was installed as Archbishop of Cape Town at the end of March. Ebenezer St Mark Ntlali is well known, respected and loved in the Diocese of Grahamstown. He was born in 1954 in Richmond, Cape, although his father came from Lady Frere in the Grahamstown Diocese. He studied for his Diploma in Theology at St Bede's College in the Transkei, and served in various parishes in the Diocese of St John's. While Rector of Idutywa he came to Rhodes University, and obtained his BA in Church History and Systematic Theology in 1991. Ntlali obtained his BTh Hons in Church History through UNISA in 1996, and is currently registered for a Master's degree. . At the end of 2002 Ebenezer Ntlali moved to the Diocese of Grahamstown to be Rector of St John and St Chad Zwelitsha, the post he currently holds. Since the same date he has been Archdeacon of King William's Town. His organisational skills are widely recognised and have resulted in the completion of numerous building projects in the parishes where he has served, as well as greater efficiency in administration. His passionately held belief that Christian giving springs from faith and love for the Lord has borne fruit in parishes which have grown both numerically and financially. He chairs the diocesan Stewardship and Giving committee. He is married to Noncedo, who is currently President of the Mothers' Union of the Diocese of Grahamstown. |
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