Sehon Sylvester Goodridge was an

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and

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from Barbados. He was born on 9 October 1937, educated at Harrison College, Codrington College, Barbados and

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and

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in 1964. His first post was as a

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in Castries, Saint Lucia after which he was

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of the

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. Later he was principal of

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and then warden at the Cave Hill Campus,

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. His last appointment before elevation to the

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as Bishop of the Windward Islands was as Principal of the Simon of Cyrene Theological Institute. An

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, 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

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1937 births People educated at Harrison College (Barbados) Alumni of Codrington College Alumni of King's College London Associates of King's College London 20th-century Anglican bishops in the Caribbean Anglican bishops of the Windward Islands Honorary chaplains to the King 21st-century Anglican bishops in the Caribbean 2007 deaths {{Anglican-bishop-stub