:
Bishops of Zanzibar • 18927 May 1894 (d.):
Charles Smythies (previously
Bishop in Central Africa until that See was split) • 18951901 (res.):
William Richardson • 19011908 (res.):
John Hine (translated from
Likoma and to
Northern Rhodesia • 18 October 19082 November 1924 (d.):
Frank Weston • 19251943 (res.):
Thomas Birley • 1943
1963:
Bill Baker (diocese renamed in 1963 and 1965) Though the diocese was renamed "Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam" in 1963, the creation of separate dioceses for Dar es Salaam and for Tanga was already planned. When the Diocese of Dar es Salaam was erected in 1965, this remaining diocese was renamed "Zanzibar and Tanga". :
Bishops of Zanzibar and Tanga • 19631968 (res.): Bill Baker (Bishop of Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam, 1963–1965; Bishop of Zanzibar and Tanga thereafter; became
Assistant Bishop of Liverpool) • 1968–1980: Yohana Jumaa (consecrated 25 April 1968, by Neil Russell, assistant bishop, at Korogwe) • 19802001 (ret.):
John Ramadhani :
Bishops of Zanzibar • 20029 February 2006 (d.): Douglas Toto (Douglas Mathew Toto; consecrated 24 August 2002; died in post)
Assistant bishops On 24 March 1963, three men were consecrated bishops, to serve the diocese in anticipation of a planned three-way split: • 1963–1965:
John Sepeku, assistant bishop in Dar-es-Salaam, became first bishop of the
Diocese of Dar es Salaam on 10 July 1965. • 1963–?: Yohana Lukindo, assistant bishop for the
Tanga Region, • 19631968 (ret.): Robert Neil Russell (called Neil; died 9 May 1984, Tanzania, aged 78) went to
Southern Rhodesia as a missionary in 1933 and later to
Tanga. He was consecrated a bishop in March 1963, to serve as an assistant bishop based on Zanzibar Island (
Unguja). He retired to his native Scotland in 1968 and joined the
Community of the Transfiguration (Scotland), taking charge of
Rosslyn Chapel while also serving as an
Assistant Bishop of Edinburgh. He returned to
Tanzania in 1982 and later died there. ==References==