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Bishop Zulu refused passport by the state

Date
22 Jun 1966
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Bishop Zulu refused passport by the state

On 22 June 1966 South African Bishop Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu, is refused a passport and thus permission to attend an international church conference by the South African government. Zulu had been elected President of the World Council of Churches (WCC) in the early 1960's and the world conference on 'Church and Society' was planned for July. During the Apartheid era the South African government regularly refused passports, and thus international travel, to those opposed to its policies. Journalists, photographers, activists and other potentially "dangerous" South Africans, including the outspoken cleric Bishop Desmond Tutu, were restricted in this manner.

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  1. 01 Irvin, D.T.,(1994), Hearing Many Voices: Dialogue and Diversity in the Ecumenical Movement,(University Press of America)p.102

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Bishop Zulu refused passport by the state. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012066

South African History Online (2011) 'Bishop Zulu refused passport by the state', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012066 (Accessed: 9 August 2026).

South African History Online, Bishop Zulu refused passport by the state [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012066, (accessed 9 August 2026).

"Bishop Zulu refused passport by the state." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012066. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "Bishop Zulu refused passport by the state." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012066.

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