Thabo Makgoba
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| Denomination | Anglican |
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| Senior posting | |
| See | Cape Town |
| Title | Archbishop of Cape Town, Primate of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa |
| Period in office | 2007 — present |
| Consecration | 2003 |
| Predecessor | Njongonkulu Ndungane |
| Successor | incumbent |
| Religious career | |
| Priestly ordination | 1974 |
| Previous bishoprics | Bishop of Grahamstown |
| Previous post | Bishop |
| Personal | |
| Date of birth | 1960 |
| Place of birth | Makgoba Kloof, Limpopo, South Africa |
The Most Reverend Thabo Makgoba is the Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town. He had served in the past as Bishop of Grahamstown.
[edit] Life
He matriculated at Orlando High, Soweto, and took a BSc at Wits before going to St Paul's College in Grahamstown to study for the Anglican ministry. He married the daughter of a Rhodes University lecturer Lungi Manona. Since then Bishop Thabo has obtained a Masters in Educational Psychology, at Wits, where he also lectured part-time from 1993-1996. He was made Bishop of Queenstown (Suffragan Bishop of Grahamstown) on 25 May 2002, and became Bishop of Grahamstown in 2004. Until he moved to the Diocese of Grahamstown as Bishop Suffragan, Thabo Makgoba's ministry had been spent in the Diocese of Johannesburg, first as a curate at the Cathedral, and then as Wits chaplain. After that he was put in charge of St Alban's Church and later of Christ the King, Sophiatown. He became Archdeacon of Sophiatown in 1999. He became Archbishop of Cape Town on 31 December 2007.
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| Preceded by Njongonkulu Ndungane |
Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town Thabo Makgoba |
Succeeded by incumbent |
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