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‘The election of Revd Ellinah Wamukoya as Bishop of Swaziland, the first woman to be a Bishop in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, is a great joy’ said Archbishop Thabo Makgoba. ‘When it was announced that she had received the necessary votes, there was great rejoicing both that a person of undeniable skills and personal qualities had been chosen, and that it was Ellinah herself, who obviously commands considerable respect and affection across the Diocese of Swaziland.’

The 11th Council meeting of the Council of Anglican Provinces of Africa (CAPA) elected the Most Rev. Bernard Ntahoturi as its next Chair on the 7th February 2012. Archbishop Bernard succeeds the Most Rev. Ian Ernest, Archbishop of the Province of Indian Ocean who has been Chair for the past four years.