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List of deans of Grahamstown

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ17008418 ↗
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This is a list of deans of Grahamstown. The dean is the incumbent of Grahamstown Cathedral, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. In addition, the dean has other duties and roles set out in the "Deed of Constitution and Statutes of the Chapter of the Cathedral of St Michael and St George, Grahamstown" which is an appendix to the acts of the Diocese of Grahamstown. The 21st and current dean is Mzinzisi Dyantyi, who was appointed in 2021.

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