Bishop of Table Bay

Suffragan bishop in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa

The bishop of Table Bay is a suffragan bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Cape Town. Since 2020 the incumbent has been the Right Reverend Joshua Louw.[1] Like the bishop of Dover the incumbent is in effect the diocesan bishop as his or her superior is primate of an ecclesiastical province.[2]

According to the canons of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, the bishop of Table Bay has the rights and powers of a diocesan bishop, and is responsible for the day-to-day running of the Diocese of Cape Town.[3]

## List of bishops[edit]

* Garth Counsell 2004–2020
* Joshua Louw 2020–present

## Notes[edit]

* Christianity portal

1. ^ New Bishop of Table Bay elected
2. ^ "Church change to ease work of archbishop". The Times. No. 60641\. 3 June 1980. p. 4 col B.
3. ^ "Canon 5: Of the election and ministry of the Archbishop of Cape Town and of the Bishop of Table Bay". Anglican Church of Southern Africa. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2015.

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Bishops and archbishops of Cape Town

Bishops|

* Robert Gray
* William West Jones (became archbishop)

Archbishops|

* William West Jones
* William Carter
* Francis Phelps
* Russell Darbyshire
* Geoffrey Clayton
* Joost de Blank
* Robert Selby Taylor
* Bill Burnett
* Philip Russell
* Desmond Tutu
* Njongonkulu Ndungane
* Thabo Makgoba

Suffragans|

* James Nash
* Sidney Lavis
* Roy Cowdry
* Walter Wade
* George Swartz
* Garth Counsell

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Anglican Church of Southern Africa

Dioceses|

* Cape Town
* Christ the King
* False Bay
* Free State
* George
* Grahamstown
* Highveld
* Johannesburg
* Kimberley & Kuruman
* Lesotho
* Matlosane
* Mbhashe
* Mpumalanga
* Mthatha
* Namibia
* Natal
* Port Elizabeth
* Pretoria
* Saldanha Bay
* St Helena
* St Mark the Evangelist
* Swaziland
* Ukhahlamba
* Umzimvubu
* Zululand

Related|

* Anglican Church of Mozambique and Angola
* College of the Transfiguration
* Order of Simon of Cyrene
* Calendar of saints

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* Africa portal

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