Eric Pike

Who is Eric Pike?

Eric Pike is a South African Anglican priest. He was the Bishop of Port Elizabeth from 1993 to 2001.

He was educated at Graaff Reinet Teachers’ Training College and was a teacher at Queen’s College Boys’ High School from 1958 to 1965. He trained for the Priesthood at St Paul’s Theological College, Grahamstown and was ordained in 1968. He was Asstistant Priest at St John’s, East London and then Rector of St Paul’s, Komga. From 1978 he was Archdeacon of East London and then Suffragan Bishop of Anglican Diocese of Grahamstown before his election in 1993 to the See of Port Elizabeth as its third Bishop. He would be in office until 2001.