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Archbishop Of The West Indies
The Archbishop of the West Indies is the Anglican primate of the Province of the West Indies, part of the worldwide Anglican Communion. History The West Indies became a self-governing province of the Church of England in 1883, when William Piercy Austin (who had been Bishop of Guyana since 1842) was appointed as the first Primate. The title was changed from Primate to Archbishop (and Primate) in 1897. The title of Archbishop is invariably held concurrently with that of bishop of one of the eight dioceses of the province, and it is common for the most senior bishop in the province to be elected as archbishop. Primates *William Piercy Austin (1884–1891) *Enos Nuttall (1892–1897) Archbishops *Enos Nuttall (1897 – 1915) * Edward Parry (1916 – 1921) *Edward Hutson (1921 – 1936) * Edward Arthur Dunn (1936 – 1943) * Arthur Henry Anstey (1943 – 1945) * William George Hardie (1945 – 1950) * Alan John Knight (1951 – 1979) * George Cuthbert Manning Woodroffe (1979 – 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Holder (bishop)
John Walder Dunlop Holder (born 1949 in Bath Village, St. John, Barbados) was a Barbadian Anglican archbishop. He was the Anglican Archbishop of the West Indies and held the See of Barbados. He was born at Bath Village, St. John on the island of Barbados and attended the parishes Elementary Mixed School (1953–1958), graduated from the Modern High School and went to Codrington College, a theological college affiliated to the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill. Leaving school, he married Betty Lucas-Holder, with whom he had son Stuart, and began work as a teacher and a civil servant before entering Codrington College in 1971 to be trained for the priesthood for the Diocese of the Windward Islands. He graduated from the college in 1975, having obtained a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Theology from the University of the West Indies and a Diploma in Theological Studies of Codrington College. Ordained deacon in December 1974 it was just a year and nine months later, in Septembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Parry (Archbishop Of The West Indies)
Edward Archibald Parry (1861–1943) was Bishop of Guyana from 1900 until 1921 and Archbishop of the West Indies from 1916 until 1921. Parry was born into an eminent family, his father was Edward Parry, Bishop of Dover, and his grandfather was William Parry, Arctic explorer. He was educated at Winchester and Oriel College, Oxford, and ordained in 1884. After a curacy at St Mary, Acton and a period as bishop's chaplain to Anthony Thorold, Bishop of Rochester, he was Rector of Sundridge, Kent and Vicar of St Mark, New Milverton, Leamington before his appointment to the episcopate. He was nominated Bishop of Guyana in late 1900, and consecrated bishop by Frederick Temple Frederick Temple (30 November 1821 – 23 December 1902) was an English academic, teacher and churchman, who served as Bishop of Exeter (1869–1885), Bishop of London (1885–1896) and Archbishop of Canterbury (1896–1902). Early life ..., Archbishop of Canterbury, in Canterbury Cathedral o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese Of Jamaica And The Cayman Islands
The Anglican Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands is a diocese of the Church in the Province of the West Indies. It was originally formed as the Diocese of Jamaica, within the Church of England, in 1824. At that time the diocese included the Bahamas and British Honduras (now Belize); in 1842, her jurisdiction was described as "Jamaica, British Honduras, the Bahamas". The Bahamas became a separate Diocese (as the Diocese of Nassau) in 1861 and British Honduras in 1891. In 2001, the title of the Diocese of Jamaica was extended to include ‘and the Cayman Islands’ to recognise the growth of the Anglican Church in those islands, which had become part of the diocese of Jamaica in the 1960s. __TOC__ History The Church of England arrived in Jamaica after the conquest of the Spanish-held island by an English Army during the Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660). The first Anglican clergymen arrived in 1664, by which time the island had been divided into 7 parishes. The first church was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese Of Barbados
The Diocese of Barbados is one of eight dioceses of the Anglican Communion that is part of the Province of the West Indies. History The diocese was established in 1824 as one of a pair, the other being the Diocese of Jamaica, which covered the whole Caribbean. Before that, the area was nominally part of the Bishop of London's responsibility, a situation that had been assumed to hold from 1660 onwards. The Bishops of London were regarded as having responsibility for the churches in the colonies in the early seventeenth century; but it was not until 1675 that a Bishop of London formally undertook that task, making recommendations through the Board for Trade and Plantations. His involvement resulted in clergy being part of the vestries for the first time in 1681. Prior to 1824, the functions of the Bishop of London were limited to ordaining those candidates who presented themselves, and licensing Clergy. The appointment of bishops provided coordination for the work of the Church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diocese Of The Bahamas And The Turks And Caicos Islands
The Anglican Diocese of the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands was originally established in 1861 as the Diocese of Nassau. Retitled the Diocese of Nassau and The Bahamas in 1942, it is now known as the Diocese of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands. It is a diocese of the Church in the Province of the West Indies, a constituent province of the Anglican Communion. History When the Bahamas was granted to the Lords Proprietors of Carolina by the English Crown in 1670 one of the conditions was the establishment of the Anglican church on the islands. The first Christ Church was built in Nassau between 1670 and 1684 to act as the Parish church of the colony. This wooden structure and its successor were destroyed by the Spanish and a third wooden building was demolished to make way in 1754 for a stone built structure. This, in turn, was enlarged to become the present building in 1841. In 1729, with the arrival of Woodes Rogers the first Royal Governor, the Bahamian church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Diocese Of Belize
The Anglican Diocese of Belize was established in 1883. The current bishop is Philip Wright. Established in 1883 as a member of the Church of the Province of the West Indies, the Diocese of Belize now comprises 31 churches spread throughout the country, and is engaged in missionary outreach on a national and international scale. In partnership with the government, it also operates 20 schools across the country of Belize. History of the diocese In some sense, to understand the history of the Anglican Church in the midst of the history of Belize, one has to look back to the Indian tribes of the Moskito (or Mosquito) Shore in the mid-eighteenth century. After repeated appeals by Mr Peat, Rector of Jamestown, Jamaica, the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts ( SPG) sent a succession of missionaries to work among the Indians. This started sometime after 1747 with Nathan Prince. Many of these missionaries did not fare well, succumbing to the harsh conditions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Howard Gregory
Howard Kingsley Ainsworth Gregory has served the Anglican Diocese of Jamaica as its bishop since 2012. Gregory was educated at the University of the West Indies. He was ordained a deacon in 1973 priest in 1974. Gregory was the chaplain of his old university. He was a then a lecturer at the Church Teachers’ College in Mandeville then warden at the United Theological College of the West Indies. He became Bishop of Montego Bay in 2002; he was consecrated on 17 May 17 at the Cathedral of St. Jago de la Vega, Spanish Town. Gregory was elected as the thirteenth Archbishop of the Church in the Province of the West Indies The Church in the Province of the West Indies is one of 40 member provinces in the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church comprises eight dioceses spread out over much of the West Indies area. The present position of Archbishop and Primate of th ... (CPWI) in May 2019. Gregory is married and has one daughter. Notes 21st-century Anglican bishop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drexel Gomez
Drexel Wellington Gomez (born 24 January 1937) is a Bahamian Anglican bishop. Life and ministry Gomez was born on the Berry Islands in the Bahamas. He graduated from St Chad's College, Durham University, in 1959. He was enthroned and consecrated as Lord Bishop of Barbados in the Cathedral Church of St. Michael on 25 June 1972 and then in 1997 was elected the Bishop of the Diocese of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Gomez was elected Archbishop and Primate of the Province of the West Indies in 1996. His full title became His Grace the Most Reverend Drexel Wellington Gomez, Lord Archbishop, Metropolitan and Primate of the Church of the West Indies & Bishop of the Diocese Of Nassau & The Bahamas (Including the Turks & Caicos Islands). Along with Archbishop Peter Akinola, Anglican Primate of Nigeria, Gomez was a leading opponent of the ordination of non-celibate gay people as Anglican clergy, an issue that escalated into a crisis for the Anglican Communion follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orland Lindsay
Orland Ugham Lindsay (24 March 1928 – 10 December 2023) was an Antiguan Anglican clergyman. He served as the Bishop of Antigua from 1970 to 1996; and for much of that time also Archbishop of the West Indies. Career Born on 24 March 1928, Lindsay was educated at McGill University. He was ordained in 1957 after World War II service with the RAF, and a brief career as a schoolteacher. He was curate of St Peter's Vere, Jamaica, and then priest in charge of Manchioneal Cure. From 1963 to 1966 he was Captain and Chaplain to the Jamaica Defence Force. From 1968, he was the principal of the Church Teachers’ College in Mandeville until his ordination to the episcopate. Lindsay was a Freemason in both the West Indies and the British Isles, and a Past Grand Chaplain of the United Grand Lodge of England The United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) is the governing Masonic lodge for the majority of freemasons in England, Wales and the Commonwealth of Nations. Claiming descent from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuthbert Woodroffe
Sir George Cuthbert Manning Woodroffe KBE (known as Cuthbert; 17 May 1918 - 29 November 2012) was an Anglican Archbishop of the Province of the West Indies. He was a long serving Anglican Bishop of the Windward Islands from 1969 until 1986. For the last six years of that period, he served as Archbishop, Primate of the Anglican Church, Province of the West Indies. He was born on 17 May 1918 in Grenada and was educated at the Grenada Boys Grammar School. He received his tertiary education at Codrington College, Barbados and was ordained in 1945. His first post was as a curate in St Vincent He held incumbencies in Barbados. His last post before appointment to the episcopate saw him returning to St Vincent as Sub-Dean {{Unreferenced, date=June 2019 A sub-dean is a person who acts as an assistant to a dean either in church circuit as a priest or minister or an academic institution. They are, however, not a vice-dean. A vice-dean is a person who can deputize a de ... of its cathed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Knight (bishop)
Alan John Knight (also rendered John Alan; also spelled Allan; 190429 November 1979) was a long serving Bishop of Guyana from 1937 until his death; and for much of that time Archbishop of the West Indies. Background He was educated at Owens School and Cambridge University and ordained in 1926. He was chaplain at University College School and then curate at St James', Enfield Highway after which he was Headmaster of Adisadel College. In 1937 he was appointed to the episcopate; he was consecrated a bishop on St Peter's Day 1937 (29 June), by Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral. A Sub-Prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem and prominent Freemason, he died in post on 29 November 1979,''Obituary A. J. Knight Archbishop of West Indies'' The Times Monday, 3 December 1979; pg. 14; Issue 60490; col H having become a Doctor of Divinity A Doctor of Divinity (D.D. or DDiv; la, Doctor Divinitatis) is the holder of an advanced academic degr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hardie (Archbishop Of The West Indies)
William George Hardie, CBE, (20 August 1878 – 21 February 1950) was a long serving Anglican Bishop of Jamaica from 1931 until 1949; and for the last four of that time Archbishop of the West Indies. He was born in 1878 and educated at Highgate School from 1889 to 1890, then at Giggleswick School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. From Ridley Hall, Cambridge he was ordained in 1902. His first posts were curacies at Holy Trinity Church, Cambridge and then Christ Church, Greenwich. Later he held incumbencies at Holy Trinity, Swansea, St John's, Lowestoft and St Luke's, Finchley. In 1928 he was appointed Assistant Bishop of Jamaica before promotion to be its Diocesan three years later.New ''Bishop of Jamaica'' The Times Thursday, 21 May 1931; pg. 13; Issue 45828; col F He was invested Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
