Michael Ian Weeder is Dean of the Anglican Cathedral of St George the Martyr, Cape Town. He is Archbishop Emeritus, Desmond Tutu’s representative on the PEACE and Dialogue Platform:
An international peace-making initiative of some Nobel Peace –prize Laureates.
The early alert to the complexities of class and race informed Michael’s sense of identity and the multi-layered nuances of memory.
He studied for the Anglican priesthood at St Paul’s Seminary, Grahamstown in the Eastern Cape. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1985 and served as the Secretary of the Black Clergy Association.
In 1992 he was appointed to the staff of Archbishop Desmond Tutu as director of the Anglican Board of Social Responsibility (BSR).
He has the BA (Hons) and an MA in History from the University of the Western Cape (UWC).
Weeder is a founder member of December 1st, a social movement formed to work around the memory and legacy of slavery. He co-produced a documentary, Lydia Williams, a fervent simplicity, an insight into slavery at the Cape.
He is married to Bonita Bennet and they have three children. Michael is 62 years old.
