Frank J. Retief (born 1942) is a retired Anglican clergyman. He served as Presiding Bishop of the Church of England in South Africa (now the Reformed Evangelical Anglican Church of South Africa) from 2000 to 2010.
Retief graduated from the University of the Western Cape and planted St James Church in Kenilworth, Cape Town in 1968. He pastored it until retiring in 1999 to take up the position of Presiding Bishop. During his time there, the church was the site of the Saint James Church massacre in 1993.
Retief testified to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission concerning his denomination's perceived support of apartheid.
References
- ^ "About". Personal website. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- Morris, Michael (22 July 2017). "St James shooting shook Cape Town to the core". Independent Online. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- Balcomb, Anthony (2008). "From Apartheid to the New Dispensation: Evangelicals and the Democratization of South Africa". Evangelical Christianity and Democracy in Africa. Oxford University Press. p. 196. ISBN 978-0-19-972123-8. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- "Church of England in South Africa. Testimony before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, East London, 17 November 1999" (PDF). University of Cape Town. Archived from the original (pdf cite web) on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- Meiring, Piet (2014). Chronicle of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission: A Journey through the Past and Present into the Future of South Africa. Wipf and Stock. p. 270. ISBN 978-1-7252-3416-1. Retrieved 25 October 2023.