Diocese of George

The Diocese of George is a diocese in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa.

History

The seat of the diocese is the Cathedral of St Mark in George in South Africa.

List of Bishops

Henry Bindley Sidwell 1911-1936
Herbert Linford Gwyer 1937-1951
John Hunter 1951-1966
Patrick Harold Falkiner Barron 1966-1978
William James Manning 1974-1984
Derek George Damant 1984-1999
Donald Frederick Harker 1999-2010
Brian Melvin Marajh^[1] 2011-2021
Edwin Pockpass 2023

Coat of arms

The diocese assumed arms at the time of its inception, and had them granted by the College of Arms in 1953 : Argent, on water in base barry wavy an ancient ship under sail to the sinister proper, within a bordure Azure charged with eight plates, a canton Vair thereon a celestial crown Or surmounted by an anchor Sable.^[2]

References

^ Frans, C. S. 2011. "New Bishop for George". Southern Anglican Vol 28 p 20. Bishop Brian was consecrated as Bishop at St Mark's Cathedral, George, on 7 May 2011.
^ Brownell 2002, p. 37.

Brownell, F. G. (2002). Heraldry in the Church of the Province of Southern Africa, 1847-2000: Coats of Arms of the Dioceses, Collegiate and Parish Churches, and the Order of Ethiopia. Heraldsholme CC. ISBN 978-0-620-28606-0.
Groves, Charles Pelham. The Planting of Christianity in Africa.