Diocese of Matabeleland
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The Diocese of Matabeleland[http://mweb.brabys.com/search-InfoKey.asp?region=-1&town=-1&ref=5410306&adType=50&whatareweviewing=&companytitle=ANGLICAN%20CHURCH%20DIOCESE%20OF%20MATABELELAND Contact details] is in Zimbabwe and is one of 15 dioceses of the Province of Central Africa, a province of the Anglican Communion.[http://www.oikoumene.org/es/iglesias-miembros/regions/africa/malawi/church-of-the-province-of-central-africa.html Province details] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201115547/http://www.oikoumene.org/es/iglesias-miembros/regions/africa/malawi/church-of-the-province-of-central-africa.html |date=2008-12-01 }} The current bishop is Cleophas Lunga.
List of Bishops
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! colspan="4" style="background-color: #7F1734; color: white;"|Bishops of Matabeleland | |||
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|align="center"| 1951 | align="center"| 1958 | James Hughes | align="center"| First Bishop of Matabeleland; Translated to Trinidad |
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|align="center"| 1958 | align="center"| 1966 | Kenneth Skelton | align="center"| Became Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Durham; later Bishop of Lichfield |
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|align="center"| 1966 | align="center"| 1971 | ?No Appointment | align="center"| Political situation in Rhodesia unsettled 1965–1970 |
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|align="center"| 1971 | align="center"| 1977 | Mark Wood | align="center"| Became Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Hereford; later Bishop of Ludlow |
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|align="center"| 1977 | align="center"| 1987 | Robert Mercer | |
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|align="center"| 1987 | align="center"| 2000 | Theo Naledi | align="center"| Translated to Botswana |
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|align="center"| 2001 | align="center"| 2008 | Wilson Sitshebo | align="center"| Died in office |
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|align="center"| 2009 | align="center"| | Cleophas Lunga |
References
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