- Peter Kalangula
Peter Tanyangenge Kalangula (born
12 March ,1926 ) was aNamibia n political and religious leader.Biography
Peter Kalangula was born at
Omafo inOhangwena Region ,Ovamboland on12 March ,1926 and after studying at St Mary's School,Odibo trained as a teacher through correspondence. In 1966 he began theological studies to train to be an Anglican priest. He studied at first at theFederal Theological Seminary in Alice,South Africa , and then atSt Bede's Theological College ,Mthatha .He was ordained as a deacon in the Church of the Province of Southern Africa, but was not ordained as a priest because of a strong disagreement with Bishop
Colin Winter in November 1969. As an Ovambo nationalist, Kalangula wanted a separate Anglican diocese in Ovamboland, separate from the Diocese of Damaraland. He then broke away and formed theOvamboland Anglican Church as an African independent church, with the support of South African government officials and theSecurity Police . The Ovamboland Anglican Church was latter associated with theChurch of England in South Africa , and Kalangula was ordained a priest in the CESA in 1979.In 1973 he was nominated to the Ovambo Legislative Council. He was a member of the Ovambo delegation to the
Turnhalle Constitutional Conference 1975-1977, and joined the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA) as a member of theNamibia Democratic Party (NDP), and was a member of the DTA head committee until 1980. He participated in the 1978 elections, becoming a DTA member of the first National Assembly 1979-1983. He tried to persuade the DTA to form a single party, and when it failed to do so he left to formChristian Democratic Action for Social Justice (CDA).Allegedly the victim of an attempted poisoning by South Africa's notorious
Civil Cooperation Bureau .Bibliography
* cite book
last = Pütz
first = Joachim
authorlink =
coauthors = von Egidy, Heidi & Caplan, Perri
title = Namibia handbook and political who's who
publisher = Magus
date = 1990
location = Windhoek
url =
doi =
id = ISBN 0-620-14172-7
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