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Article: Anglican Church bishop, Rev David Beetge, dies at 59.(News)(Obituary)
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- Cape Times (South Africa)
- Article date:
- October 1, 2008
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THE Right Reverend David Beetge, Anglican Bishop of the Highveld and the second most senior bishop in the South African Anglican Church hierarchy, has died in Gauteng.
Beetge, 59, contracted septicemia, the Anglican Church said in a statement yesterday. He had been undergoing chemotherapy for Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. He died on Saturday.
Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba said Beetge was "an outstanding and exemplary leader of our church, a man of deep spirituality and prayer, and we give God thanks for his life and witness."
According to the Anglican Diocese of the Highveld, Beetge was born in Witbank in October 1948 and worked in business for ...