Jonathan Hart (bishop)

Jonathan Bau-Bau Bonaparte Hart (born Crozierville, Montserrado County, 9 January 1953) is a Liberian Episcopalian bishop. He has been Archbishop and Primate of the Church of the Province of West Africa since 3 March 2019.

The Most Reverend

Jonathan Hart
Archbishop of West Africa, Bishop of Liberia
ChurchChurch of the Province of West Africa
DioceseEpiscopal Diocese of Liberia
PredecessorDaniel Sarfo
Orders
Consecration2008
by Justice Akrofi
RankArchbishop
Personal details
Born9 January 1953
Crozierville, Montserrado County

Biography

Hart graduated at the Cuttington University in Liberia. He later studied also at the Episcopal Divinity School, in Cambridge, United States, where he took a Master of Divinity degree.

He has been bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Liberia since 2 March 2008. He was elected by the Electoral College of the Internal Province of West Africa of the Church of the Province of West Africa on 1 March 2014, to be the new archbishop, replacing Solomon Tilewa Johnson of Gambia, who had died suddenly shortly before. He was enthroned at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, in Monrovia, at 6 July 2014.[1]

He was enthroned as the Primate and Archbishop of the Church of the Province of West Africa at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, in Monrovia, on 3 March 2019.[2][3]

He attended the 7th Global South Conference, held in Cairo, Egypt, on 11–12 October 2019.[4]

References
  1. Liberia Bishop Jonathan Hart heads West Africa's Internal Province, Anglican Communion News Service, 9 July 2014
  2. Archbishop Hart Named Head of CPWA, Daily Observer, 5 March 2019
  3. New primate for West Africa, Anglican Ink, 1 March 2019
  4. The Seventh Trumpet: Communiqué of the 7th Global South Conference, Cairo 2019, Global South Anglican Official Website, 12 October 2019
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
Daniel Sarfo		 Primate of the Church of the Province of West Africa
2019–		 Succeeded by
incumbent


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