Anglican Diocese of St Helena
- Anglican Diocese of St Helena
The Diocese of St Helena is an Anglican diocese within the Anglican Church of Southern Africa.
History
It was founded in 1859 consisting of the Island of Saint Helena, Ascension Island and Tristan da Cunha. From the 1960s, Tristan da Cunha was transferred to the Anglican Diocese of Cape Town and now this diocese consists solely of St Helena and Ascension Island.
It is the fourth oldest diocese in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa.
Saint Helena
There are three Parishes on St Helena with 12 churches:
St Paul's Cathedral Parish which consists of St Paul's Cathedral, and four daughter churches:
*St Andrew's, Half Tree Hollow
*St Helena of the Cross, Blue Hill
*St Martin's in the Hills, Thompsons Hill
*St Peter's, Sanday Bay
The Parish of St James. St James' Church in Jamestown is the oldest Anglican Church in the southern hemisphere, the present building was put up in 1772. There are 3 daughter churches:
*St John's, Upper Jamestown
*St Mary's, the Briars
*St Michael's, Ruperts Valley
The Parish of St Matthew, Hutts Gate with one daughter church,
*St Mark's, Longwood
*a congregation at Levelwood but no church
Ascension Island
There is one Parish on Ascension with one church - St Mary's which is in Georgetown.
List of Bishops of St. Helena
* Piers Calverley Claughton 1859-1862
* Thomas Earle Welby 1862-1899
* John Garraway Holmes 1899-1904
* William Arthur Holbech 1905-1930
* Charles Christopher Watts 1931-1935
* Charles Arthur William Aylen 1935-1939
* Gilbert Price Lloyd Turner 1939-1960
* Harold Beardmore 1960-1967
* Edmund Michael Hubert Capper 1967-1973
* George Kenneth Giggall 1973-1979
* Edward Alexander Carman 1979-1985
* James Nathaniel Johnson 1985-1990
* John Harry Gerald Ruston 1991-1999
* John William Salt 1999
Links
[http://netministries.org/see/churches/ch12963 Diocesan website]
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