Njongonkulu Ndungane
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The Most Reverend Njongonkulu Ndungane FKC |
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| Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town former Primate of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa |
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| Church | Anglican |
| Province | Southern Africa |
| See | Cape Town |
| In office | 1996—2007 |
| Predecessor | Desmond Tutu |
| Successor | Thabo Makgoba |
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| Ordination | 1974 |
| Consecration | 1991 |
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| Born |
2 April 1941 Kokstad |
| Previous post | Bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman |
| Alma mater | King's College London |
Njongonkulu Winston Hugh Ndungane (born 2 April 1941) is a retired South African Anglican bishop and a former prisoner on Robben Island. He was the Bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman and Archbishop of Cape Town.
Ndungane was born in Kokstad. He attended Lovedale High School, Alice, Eastern Cape and completed his schooling there in December 1958.
In March 1960 he was involved in anti-Pass Law demonstrations while a student at the University of Cape Town and was later arrested for his anti-apartheid activities. From August 1963 he served a three-year sentence on Robben Island as a political prisoner. On his release he was served with a two-year banning order.
Ndungane decided to seek ordination during his imprisonment on Robben Island. In 1971 the Most Reverend Robert Selby Taylor, Archbishop of Cape Town, sent him to St Peter’s College, Alice, Eastern Cape. He was ordained a deacon in December 1973 and a priest in July 1974. He served his first curacy in Athlone, Cape Town in the Diocese of Cape Town. In 1975 he left South Africa for King's College London, where he earned his Bachelor of Divinity and Master of Theology degrees while he was a curate in London.
After his time in London he had a short time as an assistant chaplain at St George’s Church in Paris. He returned to South Africa in 1980 and was appointed the rector of St Nicholas' Matroosfontein. Phillip Russell, archbishop of Cape Town, appointed him as his representative in the Diocese of Johannesburg
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