Benedict Garnesh Singh (2 December 1927 – 12 September 2018) was a Guyanese

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bishop. Singh was born in Lusignan, Demerara,

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. He obtained his Licentiate in Philosophy from the Urban University in Rome in 1951, and his Doctorate in Sacred Theology subsequently from the Pontifical Propaganda College in Rome in 1957 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1954. He served as titular bishop of ''Arsennaria'' and was auxiliary bishop of the

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, Guyana, from 1971 to 1972. He then served as bishop of the diocese from 1972 to 2003. He was the first native born Guyanese bishop. Singh received the Cacique Crown of Honour in 1993.

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