Mpho Tutu

Mpho Tutu, an Episcopal priest, is the founder and Executive Director of the Tutu Institute for Prayer and Pilgrimage and the daughter of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Rev. studied and taught in Grahamstown, South Africa, at the College of the Transfiguration, the Provincial Episcopal seminary of Southern Africa. While at the College, she joined the Mother's Union, and worked in both Xhosa- and English-speaking congregations. With a grant from the Episcopal Evangelical Education Society, she initiated a pastoral care ministry for rape survivors and their families. Rev. Tutu began her ordained ministry at Historic Christ Church in Alexandria, Virginia. She now serves as Assisting Priest at Holy Comforter Episcopal Church in Washington, DC. The Rev. Mpho Tutu is the Chairperson Emeritus of the board of the Global AIDS Alliance. She holds a Master of Divinity Degree from Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, MA.