Bishop of Grahamstown

The Bishop of Grahamstown is the Ordinary of the Diocese of Grahamstown in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. The Bishop's residence is at Bishopsbourne, Grahamstown.

Diocesan bishops



 * 1) John Armstrong, D.D. 1853-1856
 * 2) Henry Cotterill,  M.A., D.D. 1856-1871 (Later bishop of Edinburgh)
 * 3) Nathaniel James Merriman, D.D. 1871-1882
 * 4) Allan Becher Webb, D.D. 1883-1898 (Later dean of Salisbury, England)
 * 5) Charles Edward Cornish, D.D. 1899-1915
 * 6) Francis Robinson Phelps, D.D. 1915-1931 (Later Archbishop of Cape Town)
 * 7) Archibald Howard Cullen, M.A. 1931-1959
 * 8) Robert Selby Taylor, M.A., D.D. 1959-1964 (Later archbishop of Cape Town)
 * 9) Gordon Leslie Tindall, B.A. 1964-1969
 * 10) Bill Bendyshe Burnett, M.A. L.Th. 1969-1974 (Later archbishop of Cape Town)
 * 11) Kenneth Cyril Oram, B.A., A.K.C. 1974-1987 (Later assistant bishop of Lichfield)
 * 12) David Patrick Hamilton Russell, M.A., Ph.D. 1987-2004
 * 13) Thabo Cecil Makgoba, B.Sc. B.A. (Hons) MEd Ph.D. 2004-2007 (LaterArchbishop of Cape Town)
 * 14) Ebenezer St Mark Ntlali, Dip.Th. B.A. (Hons) B.Th. 2007–2023

Bishops suffragan
The following were bishops suffragan in the diocese:


 * Eric Pike, P.T.C., Dip.Th. 1989-1993 (Later bishop of Port Elizabeth)
 * Anthony Mdletshe, L.Th., M.Div. 1993-1997 (Later bishop of Zululand)
 * Bethlehem Nopece, Dip.Th. B.Th. M.Th. 1998-2002 (Later bishop of Port Elizabeth)
 * Thabo Cecil Makgoba, B.Sc. B.A. (Hons) MEd.(Psychology) Ph.D. 2002-2004 (afterwards bishop of Grahamstown)