Enos Nuttall was the

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of the

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, elected as such in 1892.

Life

Born in Lancashire, England, 26 January 1842, he went to

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in 1862 as an unordained

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of the

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. He was

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in the

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in 1866, and was

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of Jamaica in

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in October 1880. The Anglican Province of the West Indies was created in 1884 and held its first provincial synod in Jamaica in October in that year. Nuttall played a leading role in drawing up a

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for the province. Bishop

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was elected the first primate. Nuttall succeeded Bishop Austin as primate in 1892. His title was changed from primate to archbishop in 1897. He died on 31 May 1916.

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Notes of an Address to the Bishops in Council at Richmond
by Enos Nuttall (1907) {{DEFAULTSORT:Nuttall, Enos 1842 births 1916 deaths Clergy from Lancashire Anglican bishops of Jamaica Anglican archbishops of the West Indies 19th-century Anglican bishops in the Caribbean 20th-century Anglican bishops in the Caribbean English Methodist missionaries Anglican bishops of Belize Methodist missionaries in Jamaica