The Anglican Diocese of Harare is a diocese of the
Church of the Province of Central Africa. The Anglican Diocese of Mashonaland was formed in 1891[1] and its first
bishop was
George Knight-Bruce.[2][3] He was succeeded by
William Gaul (1895–1907), formerly Rector of
St Cyprian's Church in
Kimberley, Northern Cape. Small in stature, Gaul styled himself “the smallest bishop with the largest Diocese in
Christendom.”[4] In 1915 the diocese became the Diocese of Southern Rhodesia[5] until 1952 when it reverted to the Diocese of Mashonaland. The diocese was known as the Diocese of Harare and Mashonaland, until changing his name to Diocese of Harare. It has experienced great turbulence in recent times.[6]
^Williams, Alpheus F. (1948) Some dreams come true; p. 388
^Welch, Pamela J. (2005) ‘Church and Settler: a Study in the History of the Anglican Diocese of Mashonaland/Southern Rhodesia, 1890-1925’, London:
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