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Bishop Of The Windward Islands
The Anglican Diocese of the Windward Islands is one of eight dioceses within the Church in the Province of the West Indies, Province of the West Indies. The current bishop is Leopold Friday. History Source: The diocese was established on 8 November 1877 from the islands of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada and Tobago. Tobago transferred to the Diocese of Trinidad and Tobago, Diocese of Trinidad in 1889 when those two islands were joined together politically and St Lucia joined the Windward Islands diocese in 1899. The new diocese shared a bishop with Barbados until 1927, when the retiring Bishop of Barbados, Alfred Berkeley (bishop), Alfred Berkeley, was elected as the first full-time Bishop of the Windward Isles. The Cathedral Church of the see is St George's Cathedral in Kingstown, St Vincent. Bishops ;Bishop of Barbados (and Windward Islands) (1877–1927) *''see Bishop of Barbados'' ;Bishop of Windward Islands *1927–1930 Alfred Berkeley (bishop), Alfred Berkeley *193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the largest branches of Christianity, with around 110 million adherents worldwide . Adherents of Anglicanism are called ''Anglicans''; they are also called ''Episcopalians'' in some countries. The majority of Anglicans are members of national or regional ecclesiastical provinces of the international Anglican Communion, which forms the third-largest Christian communion in the world, after the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. These provinces are in full communion with the See of Canterbury and thus with the Archbishop of Canterbury, whom the communion refers to as its '' primus inter pares'' (Latin, 'first among equals'). The Archbishop calls the decennial Lambeth Conference, chairs the meeting of primates, and is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfred Berkeley (bishop)
Alfred Pakenham Berkeley (9 March 1862 – 15 May 1938) was an English divine: Bishop of Barbados and the Windward Islands from 1917 to 1927; and Bishop of the Windward Islands from 1927 to 1930. Alfred Berkeley was the son of R. Fitzharding Berkeley, rector of Saint Philip, Barbados and canon.Obituary, ''The Times'', 16 May 1927 Educated at Harrison College and Codrington College, he was ordained deacon 1885 and priest in 1886. He became curate of Saint George, Antigua and Barbuda. In 1887 he became vicar of All Saints, Antigua and Barbuda, and in 1888 curate of Saint Philip, Barbados. From 1891 to 1901 he was vicar of Holy Innocents, Barbados. Rector of Saint Philip from 1901 to 1907 and dean and rector of Saint Michael, Barbados from 1907 to 1917, Berkeley was elected to be bishop and was consecrated in St. Michael’s Cathedral, Barbados on 12 August 1917. On his retirement as Bishop of Barbados and the Windward Islands in 1927 he was elected as the first bishop of the Dioc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Bishops Of The Windward Islands
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the largest branches of Christianity, with around 110 million adherents worldwide . Adherents of Anglicanism are called ''Anglicans''; they are also called ''Episcopalians'' in some countries. The majority of Anglicans are members of national or regional ecclesiastical provinces of the international Anglican Communion, which forms the third-largest Christian communion in the world, after the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. These provinces are in full communion with the See of Canterbury and thus with the Archbishop of Canterbury, whom the communion refers to as its ''primus inter pares'' (Latin, 'first among equals'). The Archbishop calls the decennial Lambeth Conference, chairs the meeting of primates, and is the presi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windward Islands
french: Îles du Vent , image_name = , image_caption = ''Political'' Windward Islands. Clockwise: Dominica, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Grenada. , image_alt = , locator_map = , location = Caribbean SeaNorth Atlantic Ocean , coordinates = , area_km2 = 3232.5 , total_islands = 90+ , major_islands = CarriacouDominicaGrenadaMartiniquePetite MartiniqueSaint Lucia Saint Vincent , highest_mount = Morne Diablotins, Dominica , elevation_m = 1,447 , country = Dominica , country_largest_city = Roseau , country1 = Grenada , country1_largest_city = St. George's , country2 = Martinique , country2_largest_city = Fort-de-France , country3 = Saint Lucia , country3_largest_city = Castries , country4 = Saint Vincent and the Grenadines , country4_largest_city = Kingstown , density_km2 = 227 , population = 854,000 , ethnic_groups = The Windward Islands are the southern, generally larger islands of the Lesser Antilles. Part of the West Indies, they lie south ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sehon Goodridge
Sehon Sylvester Goodridge was an Anglican bishop and author from Barbados. He was born on 9 October 1937, educated at Harrison College, Codrington College, Barbados and King's College, London and ordained in 1964. His first post was as a curate in Castries, Saint Lucia after which he was chaplain of the University of the West Indies. Later he was principal of Codrington College and then warden at the Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. His last appointment before elevation to the episcopate as Bishop of the Windward Islands was as Principal of the Simon of Cyrene Theological Institute. An Honorary Chaplain to the Queen, he died on 28 December 2007. In 2008 members of the Trinidad and Tobago chapter of the Codrington Diploma in Theological Studies Program obtained permission from his widow, Janet, to set up The Sehon Goodridge Theological Society as an Interdenominational Interdenominationalism is an evangelical Protestant movement of cooperation among various Christian denominatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Elder
Philip Edward Randolph Elder was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century. He was born in 1921, educated at Codrington College, Barbados and ordained in 1951. His first post was as a Curate at St George's Cathedral Guyana. Later he held incumbencies in Suddie and Plaisance. After this he was Suffragan Bishop of Stabroek and then Bishop of the Windward Islands The Anglican Diocese of the Windward Islands is one of eight dioceses within the Church in the Province of the West Indies, Province of the West Indies. The current bishop is Leopold Friday. History Source: The diocese was established on 8 Novembe .... He died on 16 March 2010. Notes Alumni of Codrington College 20th-century Anglican bishops in the Caribbean Anglican bishops of the Windward Islands 1921 births 2010 deaths Suffragan Bishops of Stabroek {{Anglican-bishop-stub ... [...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] |
Harold Piggott
Harold Grant Pigott (20 August 1894 – 26 August 1979) was an Antiguan-born Anglican bishop who served as Bishop of the Windward Islands from 1962 until 1969. He was educated at the Codrington College, Barbados and ordained in 1918. Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941 After a curacy at St Lucy, Barbados, he was Rector of Barrouallie and Calliaqua on St Vincent. After this he was Archdeacon of St Vincent and then Grenada before his appointment to the episcopate A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca .... References 1894 births Alumni of Codrington College 20th-century Anglican bishops in the Caribbean Anglican bishops of the Windward Islands Commanders of the Order of the British Empire 1979 deaths Archdeacons of Grenada Archdeacons of St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronald Shapley
Ronald Norman Shapley was a Colonial Anglican Bishop in the Windward Islands from 1949 until 1962. He was born on 16 July 1890 and educated at King's College London. After World War I with the London Regiment he was ordained in 1920. After a curacy at St Clement's Notting Hill he was Chaplain of the Gordon Boys' Home. In 1927 he entered the Chaplains' Branch of the RAF rising in time to be Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief before his appointment to the episcopate. He was ordained and consecrated a bishop on St Luke's day (18 October) at Southwark Cathedral by Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, and died on 27 December 1964.The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (fou ... Saturday, 21 August 1965; pg. 8; Issue 56406; col C ''Deaths'' References 1890 births Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horace Tonks
Horace Norman Vincent Tonks (29 January 1891 – 25 November 1959) was an Anglican colonial bishop in the Windward Islands from 1936 until 1949. He was born in Walsall, England, on 29 January 1891 to Henry and Emily Tonks and educated at the town's Queen Mary's Grammar School and Lichfield Theological College. Ordained in 1918 after a curacy in Fenton, he was priest in charge of Holy Cross, Airedale, then from 1926 to 1935 the vicar of Saint Sampson with Holy Trinity in York. After that he was Archdeacon of Grenada for a brief period in 1935 and 1936 before his appointment to the episcopate in the Windward Islands. On his return to England, he was Rector of Leybourne in Kent from 1949 to 1956. He died on 25 November 1959.The Times, Friday, Nov 27, 1959; pg. 17; Issue 54629; col C ''Obituary Rt. Rev. H. N. V. Tonks'' Family In 1921, he married Alice Underwood. They had three sons and two daughters. References External links Horace Norman Vincent Tonks papers, 1923-1956at P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vibert Jackson
The Rt Revd Dr Vibert Jackson was a Colonial Anglican Bishop in the Windward Islands from 1930 until 1936. He was born in 1874 and educated at the City of London School and Keble College, Oxford and ordained in 1899. His first post was as a curate at St Matthews, Newcastle upon Tyne after which he was a missionary priest in Calcutta and then curate in charge of the Mission of the Holy Spirit, Newcastle upon Tyne. From 1906 to 1913 he was Vicar of St Michael and St George, Fulwell then Archdeacon in Central America and later of Grenada before his elevation to the episcopate. Following his retirement from the Windward Islands, he was Vicar of All Souls, South Ascot (from 1940), and was an Assistant Bishop of Oxford The Bishop of Oxford is the diocesan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Oxford in the Province of Canterbury; his seat is at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. The current bishop is Steven Croft, following the confirmation of his electio ... (from late 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop 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 i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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