Diocese of Swaziland

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| name = Eswatini

| rite = Anglican

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| province = Anglican Church of Southern Africa

| bishop = Dalcy Badeli Dlamini

| cathedral = Cathedral Church of All Saints, Mbabane

| parishes = 24

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| website = {{URL|http://www.swazilanddiocese.org.sz}}

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The Diocese of Eswatini is a diocese in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. It was founded in 1968. It comprises the country of Eswatini. It is divided in three archdeaconries, Eastern, Southern and Western.

History

The diocese was created in 1968, shortly after the independence of Swaziland and had Anthony Hunter as its first bishop, from 1968 to 1975.

The diocese is twinned with the Episcopal Diocese of Iowa (Iowa, United States) and with the Episcopal Diocese of Brechin (Scotland).

Bishops of the diocese

Anthony Hunter, 1968–1975
Bernard Lazarus Nyoni Mkhabela, 1975–1993
Lawrence Bekisisa Zulu, 1993–2000
Meshack Boy Mabuza, 2002–2012
Ellinah Wamukoya, 2012–2021
[https://www.cathedral.org.za/Default.aspx?pageid=4 Dalcy Badeli Dlamini], 2022

Coat of arms

The diocese registered a coat of arms at the Bureau of Heraldry in 1969 : Azure, two Swazi battle-axes erect addorsed, handles Or, blades Argent, bound Gules. The shield is ensigned of a bishop's mitre.{{cite book|last=Brownell|first=F. G. |authorlink=Fred Brownell|title=Heraldry in the Church of the Province of Southern Africa, 1847-2000: Coats of Arms of the Dioceses, Collegiate and Parish Churches, and the Order of Ethiopia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wYZxAAAAMAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Heraldsholme CC|isbn=978-0-620-28606-0|page=81}}

References

External links

[https://www.anglicancommunion.org/structures/member-churches/member-church/diocese.aspx?church=southern-africa&dio=eswatini Official information] from the Anglican Communion website
[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304204242/http://www.anglicanchurchsa.org/view.asp?pg=ocmd_org&s_scope=contacts&pgsub=diocese&menu=guided&strSearch0=fldOrganisation3&frmQuery0=Swaziland Anglican Diocese of Swaziland at the Anglican Church of Southern Africa Official Website]
{{official website|http://www.swaziland.anglican.org/ }}

Category:Anglican Church of Southern Africa dioceses

Category:Anglicanism in Eswatini

Category:1968 establishments in Swaziland