Robert Gray (bishop)
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Robert Gray (1809-1872) was the first Anglican Bishop of Cape Town.
[edit] Biography
He was the son of Robert Gray, Bishop of Bristol, who ordained him deacon in 1833. In 1845 be became the vicar of Stockton-on-Tees. As a priest he was interested in mission, and was local secretary for the SPG.
In 1847 he was consecrated as Bishop of Cape Town in Westminster Abbey, along with three bishops for Australia, and arrived in his diocese, the boundaries of which were undefined, in February the following year.
Soon after arriving he set out on a journey to explore his diocese, accompanied by James Green, who was to be rector of Pietermaritzburg in the Colony of Natal. On reaching Grahamstown he ordained William Long, with whom he was to come into conflict later.
In 1849 he visited St Helena, and in 1850 set out on another tour of the mainland, reaching as far as Pietermaritzburg. This journey convinced him that the division of the diocese was necessary. He returned to England to arrange for this, and in 1853 he resigned his diocese, and received fresh letters patent for a smaller Anglican Diocese of Cape Town, while two new bishops were consecrated: John William Colenso as Bishop of Natal and John Armstrong as Bishop of Grahamstown.
[edit] Bibliography
- Hinchliff, Peter (1968). The church in South Africa. London: SPCK. ISBN 0-281-02277-1.
- Page, B.T. (1947). The harvest of good hope. London: SPCK.
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