About Bishop Ebenezer

Ebenezer St Mark Ntlali was already well known, respected and loved in the Diocese of Grahamstown at the time of his election in May 2008 to succeed Thabo Makgoba (now the Archbishop of Cape Town).
Ebenezer Ntlali was born in 1954 in Richmond, Cape, although his father came from Lady Frere in the Grahamstown Diocese. He studied for his Diploma in Theology at St Bede's College in the Transkei, and served in various parishes in the Diocese of St John's. While Rector of Idutywa he came to Rhodes University, and obtained his BA in Church History and Systematic Theology in 1991. He followed this with a BTh Hons in Church History through UNISA in 1996, and is currently registered for a Master's degree.
At the end of 2002 Ebenezer Ntlali moved to the Diocese of Grahamstown to be Rector of St John and St Chad Zwelitsha and Archdeacon of King William's Town.
His organisational skills are widely recognised and have resulted in the completion of numerous building projects in the parishes where he has served, as well as greater efficiency in administration. His passionately held belief that Christian giving springs from faith and love for the Lord has borne fruit in parishes which have grown both numerically and financially.
He is married to Noncedo, who is currently President of the Mothers' Union of the Diocese of Grahamstown.

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Consecration and Installation of Bishop of Grahamstown, September 2008

Ebenezer Ntlali was consecrated and installed as Bishop of Grahamstown on Saturday 20th September 2008 in Grahamstown Cathedral by Thabo Makgoba, Archbishop of Cape Town. For pictures of this splendid occasion