Jacob Erasto Chimeledya (born Zoisa, Kongwa, 28 August 1957) is a Tanzanian Anglican bishop.
He was the unexpected winner at the election of the archbishop and primate of the Anglican Church of Tanzania, against Valentino Mokiwa, that took place on 21 February 2013 at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit in Dodoma, by three votes.
The validity of his election was disputed by Mokiwa, who filed a lawsuit on 27 February 2013, with charges of several irregularities and the alleged use of the influence of money from the American Episcopal Church, who wished to create divisions upon an Anglican province in Africa.
[2] Chimeledya supporters strongly denied these charges and the election was approved by all the 25 bishops of the Anglican Church of Tanzania, with two absent in South Africa.
Chimeledya moved away from GAFCON for a while but decided to rejoin it, after the ACT House of Bishops meeting in Dodoma, on 12-13 April 2016.