Organisation
Although the CESA has been excluded from the Lambeth Conference, its ministerial orders are recognised by the Anglican Communion, and these orders derive from Bishop Fred Morris, a former Anglican missionary bishop in North Africa, who moved in 1955 to South Africa, much to the irritation of the then Archbishop of Canterbury. Several CESA clerics have served in the Church of England.
The CESA in 2009 was composed of just under 200 congregations, with a total of about 120,000 members. All churches contribute 10% of their income to a central fund. Christ Church, Midrand; Christ Church, Pinetown; and St James Church, Kenilworth all have memberships of several thousand, with attendances on Sunday morning services at about 1000. The average church size is about 150.
- Presiding Bishops
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- G. Frederick B. Morris, (1955–1965)
- Stephen Carlton Bradley, (1965–1984)
- Dudley Foord, (1986–1989)
- Joe J. Bell, (1989–2000)
- Frank J. Retief, (2000–2010)
- Desmond Inglesby, (2010–present)
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