John Acland Ramadhani (born 1 August 1932 in

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) is a former Tanzanian Anglican archbishop. His grandfather was

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, the first African Anglican priest of the

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. His parents were Matthew Douglas Ramadhani and Bridget Ann Constance Masoud, both teachers. His nephew was

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, who became

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- Ramadhani completed a degree at the

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. He also gained degrees in England from Queens College, Birmingham, and the

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. Ramadhani was principal at St. Andrew's Teachers College, in

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, from 1967 to 1969. Ramadhani was ordained a priest in 1976 at Christ Church, Zanzibar by Mussa Kahurananga. He was warden at St. Mark's Theological College, in

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, from 1977 to 1979. Ramadhani was bishop of the Diocese of Zanzibar and Tanga, from 1980 to 2001. After the diocese split, he served as interim bishop of Zanzibar until 2002, when Bishop Douglas Toto took office and Ramadhani retired. Ramadhani was archbishop and primate of the

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from 1984 to 1998.

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