Vikinduku Mnculwane

Vikinduku Victor Mnculwane (born 2 June 1959) is a South African Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of Zululand.

While working as a director in the KZN Premier's Office, he was asked by the premier to be the acting chief executive officer of a public entity linked to the Premier's office, and responsible for managing the national estate in the province. He held both of these positions simultaneously while overseeing the process of merging the two entities in question to establish a Research Institute.

In 2009 he graduated with a Masters of Public Administration from the University of Stellenbosch. His thesis is titled An Assessment of the Implementation of The Service Delivery Improvement Policy In The Department Of Arts, Culture And Tourism In KZN. In 2016 he graduated at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) with a Doctoral Degree in Public Administration having written a thesis titled A phenomenological investigation into the use of incentives to solicit community participation in heritage policy implementation in post 1994 South Africa.

During his time as a public servant he continued with his vocation in ordained ministry as an assistant priest at St Christopher's parish in Sobantu. The diocesan bishop would also request him to look after a parish that had no rector in the pastoral charge and conduct clergy retreats. The Iviyo Lofakazi BakaKristu would also request him to be a guest speaker at their conferences around different dioceses.

Return to full-time ministry

In August 2019, Dino Gabriel (bishop of Natal) appointed him as the rector of St Augustine's parish of Umlazi. This was his return to full-time or stipendiary ministry.

On 19 May 2021 at an elective assembly of the Diocese of Zululand Mnculwane was elected to be the fifteenth bishop of Zululand with a two-thirds majority vote at the first ballot.