Alphaeus Zulu

Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu (29 July 1905 – 26 August 1987) was an Anglican bishop in the second half of the 20th century.^[1] Educated at the University of South Africa,^[2] he was ordained in 1940.^[3] In 1948 he co-founded with the Reverend Philip Mbatha, Iviyo loFakazi bakaKristu (The Legion of Christ's Witnesses): a charismatic movement within the Anglican Church.

Following a curacy at St Faith's Mission, Durban^[4] he was its priest in charge from 1952 to 1960 when he became a suffragan bishop of Diocese of St John's (called Assistant Bishop of St John's).^[5] Promotion to be the ninth bishop of Zululand^[6] then followed. From 1978 until his death in 1987, he was Speaker of the KwaZulu Legislative Assembly.