Margaret Vertue
Margaret Brenda Vertue (born 6 April 1953) is a South African Anglican bishop. She is the second woman to be elected as a bishop of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa and of the whole African continent, as the diocesan bishop of the Anglican Diocese of False Bay.
Margaret Brenda Vertue | |
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| Bishop of False Bay | |
| Church | Anglican Church of Southern Africa |
| Diocese | Diocese of False Bay |
| Elected | 3 October 2012 |
| Predecessor | Merwyn Edwin Castle |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1992 |
| Consecration | 2013 by Thabo Makgoba |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 April 1953 Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
Vertue was educated at the Convent of the Holy Family in Kimberley and studied at St Paul’s Theological College, Grahamstown (now the College of the Transfiguration), at Stellenbosch University and at St Beuno’s, North Wales. She was ordained as one of the first woman priests by Archbishop Desmond Tutu in September 1992.
She was elected Bishop of the Diocese of False Bay on 3 October 2012 by the Diocesan Elective Assembly and consecrated as Bishop on 19 January 2013 by the Most Reverend Thabo Makgoba, Archbishop of Cape Town.[1][2][3]
References
Bibliography
- Anon (9 October 2012). "Second female Anglican bishop elected by Southern Africa". Anglican Journal. Retrieved 7 October 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Kannemeyer, AJ (10 April 2012). "Canon Margaret Vertue elected as the next Bishop of the Diocese of False Bay" (Press release). Cape Town: Anglican Church of Southern Africa (ACSA). Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 7 October 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Hartle, Ray (20 January 2013). "SA chooses female bishop". IOL News. Retrieved 7 October 2014.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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| Anglican Church of Southern Africa titles | ||
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| Preceded by Mervyn Castle |
Bishop of False Bay 2012 - |
Incumbent |