Jonathan Bau-Bau Bonaparte Hart (born Crozierville,

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, 9 January 1953) is a Liberian Episcopalian bishop. He has been

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and Primate of the

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since 3 March 2019.

Biography

Hart graduated at the Cuttington University in

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. He later studied also at the

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, in

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, 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

on 1 March 2014, to be the new archbishop, replacing Solomon Tilewa Johnson of

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, who had died suddenly shortly before. He was enthroned at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, in

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, at 6 July 2014. He was enthroned as the Primate and Archbishop of the

at the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, in

, on 3 March 2019. He attended the 7th

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Conference, held in

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, on 11–12 October 2019.The Seventh Trumpet: Communiqué of the 7th Global South Conference, Cairo 2019, Global South Anglican Official Website, 12 October 2019
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References

External links

Archbishop Hart Named Head of CPWA, Daily Observer, 5 March 2019
1953 births Living people Liberian Episcopalians 21st-century Anglican bishops in Africa 21st-century Anglican archbishops People from Montserrado County Cuttington University alumni Anglican archbishops of West Africa Anglican bishops of Liberia {{anglican-bishop-stub