Kunonga – who as Bishop of Harare tried to use the pulpit to defend President Mugabe’s insane policies – was dismissed by the Anglican synod of Central Africa after he attempted to withdraw the Diocese of Harare from the synod.
The synod, the Church’s supreme authority in the region, appointed retired Bishop Bakare as caretaker head of the Harare diocese, a move Kunonga is fiercely resisting.
The majority of priests are backing Dr. Bakare, and were present at his installation and enthronement, said the chancellor of the Diocese of Harare, Robert Stumbles.
Almost all those priests who were unlawfully and autocratically dismissed by Dr Kunonga, and who remained in Zimbabwe, have once again joined the growing band who show loyalty to Bishop Bakare and are delighted at the turn of events. They regarded Dr. Kunonga as a persecutor, Stumbles said.
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