The first service North of the Orange River to be taken by an Anglican clergyman was conducted in 1850 by †Robert Gray, the first Bishop of Cape Town.

The Brotherhood of St Augustine of Hippo was established in the diocese a year later with Canon Beckett and seven members.

[1] The first Diocesan Synod met in 1872 and a good foundation was laid for the organizational side of the Church's work.

Two years later the need for Sisters for nursing, teaching and visiting was recognised and the Community of St Michael and All Angels was founded in Bloemfontein.

Some years later, to aid the mission work of the church and oversight, the Anglican Diocese of Kimberley and Kuruman was established in 1911.