Mlibo Mteteleli Ngewu is the current Anglican Bishop of Umzimvubu

Anglican Diocese of Umzimvubu

The Anglican Diocese of Umzimvubu is a relatively new Diocese created out of a portion of the former St John’s See. It came into existence in 1991 and the current Bishop is The Rt Rev Mlibo Mteteleli Ngewu....

 an Episcopate in the Province

Ecclesiastical Province

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 of Southern Africa. Previously an Archdeacon

Archdeacon

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 he was appointed in 2003 to succeed the inaugural Bishop

Bishop

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, Geoffrey Francis Davies

Geoffrey Francis Davies

Geoffrey Francis Davies was the inaugural Bishop of Umzimvubu. Born in 1941 and educated at the Universities of Cape Town and Cambridge he studied for ordination at Ripon College Cuddesdon before beginning his ecclesiastical career with a Curacy at St Mary the Boltons, West Brompton...

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The seven years of his episcopate have been marked with controversy. His tyrannical leadership style and the behaviour of certain members of his family has caused much resentment and embarrassment. As of 19 August 2011, some two thirds of the clergy in his diocese have written to the Archbishop of Cape Town

Archbishop of Cape Town

The Archbishop of Cape Town is the Primate / Metropolitan of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa.The current Archbishop is the Most Reverend Thabo MakgobaRobert Gray was the first Anglican Bishop of Cape Town.-List of Bishops and Archbishops:...

 requesting him to intervene. In consequence, he is under investigation on various charges under Canon Law

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. The allegations under investigation include simony

Simony

Simony is the act of paying for sacraments and consequently for holy offices or for positions in the hierarchy of a church, named after Simon Magus , who appears in the Acts of the Apostles 8:9-24...

, nepotism

Nepotism

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, embezzlement

Embezzlement

Embezzlement is the act of dishonestly appropriating or secreting assets by one or more individuals to whom such assets have been entrusted....

, fraud

Fraud

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 and sexual harassment

Sexual harassment

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