3 October 1809 A.D. Robert Gray—1st Anglican Bishop of Cape Town, South Africa
3 October 1809 A.D. Robert Gray—1 st Anglican Bishop of Cape Town, South Africa http://www.christianity.com/church/church-history/birthdays/10-03.html Robert Gray (1809 to 1872) Church of England South African Gray. Birth of Robert Gray who became a notable missionary to South Africa and the first Anglican bishop of Cape Town. He served as Metropolitan of South Africa from 1853 until the year of his death in 1872. 3 October 1809 A.D. Robert Gray Born—1 st Anglican Bishop of Cape Town, South Africa Day, E. Hermitage. “Robert Gray: First Bishop of Cape Town .” Project Canterbury. 1930. http://anglicanhistory.org/africa/day_gray.html . Accessed 26 May 2014. Robert Gray: First Bishop of Cape Town by E. Hermitage Day London: SPCK, 1930. 32 pp. ROBERT GRAY A FEW days before the Christmas of 1848 a travelling-waggon drew up before the inn at Stellenbosch, thirty miles from Cape Town. Its body was dented and rou...