Bethlehem Nopece
Bethlehem Nopece | |
|---|---|
| retired bishop of Port Elizabeth | |
| Church | Anglican |
| See | Diocese of Port Elizabeth |
| In office | 2001-2018 |
| Predecessor | Eric Pike |
| Previous post(s) | Suffragan Bishop of Grahamstown |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 1998 by Njongonkulu Ndungane |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1950 |
Nceba Bethlehem Nopece (born 1950) is a South African Anglican bishop. He was the bishop of Port Elizabeth in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa from 2001 to 2018.[1] He is a theological conservative, the leading name of the Anglican realignment in his church and also the chairman of the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans in South Africa, launched in 2009.
Ecclesiastical career
Nopece was ordained a deacon in 1978. He gained a diploma in theology at St. Bede's College. He also obtained a BTh at the University of South Africa, in Pretoria, and a master's degree in theology at the University of Glasgow in 1985. He was a lecturer at St. Bede's College.[2] He was appointed as archdeacon of Umtata in 1992 and suffragan bishop of Grahamstown in January 1998. He was consecrated as bishop of the Diocese of Port Elizabeth on 28 July 2001. In November 2017 he announced his retirement, which became effective on 29 July 2018.[3]
Role in the Anglican realignment
Nopece led the seven-member Southern African delegation that participated at the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans meeting in London, England, at 23 – 27 April 2012.[4] He once again led his province ten-members delegation, which included Bishop Nathaniel Nakwatumbah of Namibia, to GAFCON II, held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 21 to 26 October 2013.[5] Nopece led the province's delegation to GAFCON III, held in Jerusalem, on 17–22 June 2018, comprised by 18 members, 16 from South Africa, Bishop Vicente Msosa, of the Anglican Diocese of Niassa, as the only delegate from Mozambique, and another one from Namibia.[6][7]
References
- ↑ "Provincial Directory: Port Elizabeth". The Anglican Communion Official Website. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ↑ Bishop Bethlehem Nopece Brief Biography Archived 14 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Bishop Nopece announces retirement – Anglican Church of Southern Africa". anglicanchurchsa.org. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
- ↑ Anglican Defenders of True Gospel Inspired After London Meeting, 10 May 2012, Gateway News Archived 12 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Iindaba - Gazette of the Diocese of Port Elizabeth, SA". anglicandiocesepe.org.za. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ↑ "GAFCON III largest Pan-Anglican gathering since the Toronto Congress 1963, Anglican Ink, June 2018". Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
- ↑ GAFCON 3 in Jerusalem, Iindaba, August 2018