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He also obtained a BTh at the University of South Africa, in Pretoria, and a Master in Theology at the University of Glasgow in 1985.
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Bethlehem Nopece
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He is a theological conservative, the leading name of the Anglican realignment movement in his church and also the chairman of the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans in South Africa, launched in 2009. Nopece was ordained a deacon in 1978. He gained his Diploma in Theology at Saint Bede"s College.
He was a lecturer at Saint Bede"s College.
He was nominated Archdeacon of Umtata in 1992 and Suffragan Bishop of Grahamstown in January 1998. He was consecrated as bishop of the Diocese of Porth Elizabeth on 28 July 2001.
Nopece was the only South African bishop to attend the GAFCON meeting in Jerusalem in June 2008. He hosted the event, which was attended by a retired Archbishop of Kenya, Benjamin Nzimbi, one of the GAFCON founding primates.
Nopece led the seven-member Southern African delegation that participated at the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans meeting in London, England, at 23 – 27 April 2012.
He once again led his province ten-members delegation, which included Bishop Nathaniel Nakwatumbah of Namibia, to GAFCON II, held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 21 to 26 October 2013.
