James Calata

The Reverend
James Arthur Calata
Born(1895-07-22)22 July 1895
Debe Nek, Cape Colony (now South Africa)
Died16 June 1983(1983-06-16) (aged 87)
Cradock, South Africa
ChurchAnglican

James Arthur Calata OLG (1895 – 1983) was a South African priest and politician. He was the Secretary-General of the African National Congress from 1936 to 1949. He was appointed a canon of the Grahamstown Cathedral making him the first Black canon in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa.

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