Donald James Reece (born 13 April 1934 in Kingston, Jamaica) is an Emeritus Archbishop of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica The Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica ( la, Archidioecesis Regiopolitana in Iamaica) is an archdiocese of the Roman Rite within the Roman Catholic Church. Its area is the majority of Jamaica, including its capital, Kingston. The ecclesiastica ...

Biography

Donald James Reece received on 3 January 1971 his priestly ordination and

Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...

appointed him on 17 July 1981 bishop to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint John's–Basseterre. His consecration was given by Samuel Emmanuel Carter, SJ, Archbishop of Kingston, Kelvin Edward Felix, Archbishop of the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Castries The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Castries ( la, Archidioecesis Castriensis) is an archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean. The archdiocese consists of the entirety of the former British dependency of Saint Lu ...

and Joseph Oliver Bowers,

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, former bishop of the Diocese of Saint John's-Basseterre on 8 October of the same year. On 12 October 2007 he was appointed by

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Coadjutor Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica. After the retirement of

Lawrence Aloysius Burke Lawrence Aloysius Burke (27 October 1932 – 24 January 2010) was the 4th Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica. He also served previously as the 1st Archbishop of the newly created Roman Catholic Arc ...

, SJ, he followed him on 12 April 2008 by the Office of the Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica. On 15 April 2011 Benedict XVI accepted his resignation as Archbishop of Kingston. In 2012, he was honored for his contributions to education and religion with the Order of Jamaica, the fourth highest medal of Jamaica.

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