Bishop of Table Bay

The bishop of Table Bay is a suffragan bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Cape Town. Since 2004[1] the incumbent has been The Right Reverend Garth Counsell, since 2020 the Venerable Joshua Louw is the Bishop-elect. 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]

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Notes

  1. Cape Town Diocesan Newsletter
  2. "Church change to ease work of archbishop". The Times (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 2016-04-13. Retrieved 2015-11-07.
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