Desmond Tutu was a South African Anglican bishop and human rights activist who served as the Bishop of Johannesburg from 1985 to 1986. Desmond Tutu was a great personality who was one of the top African theologians in the past years.
He was born Desmond Mpilo Tutu on 7 October 1931 in Klerksdorp, northwest South Africa to Allen Dorothea Mavoertsek Mathlare and Zachariah Zelilo Tutu. He died on 26 December 2021 (aged 90) in Century City, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa.
Desmond was married to Nomalizo Leah Shenxane. the couple had four children; Mpho Andrea Tutu, Naomi Nontombi Tutu, Trevor Thamsanqa Tutu, and Theresa Thandeka Tutu.
Desmond Tutu served as Bishop of Lesotho and the Archbishop of Cape Town. He has been a source of inspiration and role model for many as well as been regarded as a great religious leader. By 2003, he had approximately 100 honorary degrees.
He was the first person to be awarded an honorary doctorate by the Ruhr University of West Germany and only the third person to whom Columbia University in the U.S. agreed to award an honorary doctorate off-campus.
His legacies and achievement are there to be witnessed by everyone and will be respected for several years.