The Right Reverend (Ralph) Peter Hatendi DD AKC was Bishop of Harare and Mashonaland from 1979 to his reluctant retirement in 1995.
He was born on 9 April 1927 and educated at St Peter’s College, Rosettenville and King's College London. He was ordained in 1958 and began his career as a Curate in Bonda after which he was Chaplain to the Bernard Mizeki Mission in Marandellas and then a Lecturer at St John’s Seminary in Lusaka.