Anglican Diocese of Jamaica
Encyclopedia
The Anglican Diocese
in Jamaica
and the Cayman Islands
was formed in 1824 and has had the following Bishops
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
in Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
and the Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands
The Cayman Islands is a British Overseas Territory and overseas territory of the European Union located in the western Caribbean Sea. The territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman, located south of Cuba and northwest of Jamaica...
was formed in 1824 and has had the following Bishops
- Christopher LipscombChristopher LipscombThe Rt Rev Christopher Lipscomb was the inaugural Anglican Bishop of Jamaica. He resigned his See in 1842 and died on 4 April 1843.-Notes:...
1824-1843 - Aubrey George SpencerAubrey George SpencerBishop Aubrey George Spencer was the first bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Newfoundland and Bermuda . He was also bishop of Jamaica.-Life:George Spencer was born at London, England...
1843-1872 - Reginald CourtenayReginald CourtenayThe Rt Rev Reginald Courtenay, DD was the Anglican Bishop of Jamaica from 1856 until 1879.He was educated at Westminster School and Hertford College, Oxford and ordained in 1841...
1872-79 - William George TozerWilliam George TozerThe Rt Rev William George Tozer, DD was a colonial Bishop in the second half of the nineteenth century.He was born in Teignmouth and educated at St John's College, Oxford and ordained in 1854. His first post was a curacy at St Mary Magdalene Munster Square. Later he was Vicar of Burgh-le-Marsh....
1879-1880 - Enos NuttallEnos NuttallEnos Nuttall was the Anglican Primate of the Church in the Province of the West Indies, elected such in 1893.-Life:Born in Lancashire, England, 26 January 1842, he went to Jamaica in 1862 as an unordained missionary of the Methodist Church...
1880-1916 - George Frederick Cecil de CarteretGeorge Frederick Cecil de CarteretThe Rt Rev George Frederick Cecil Carteret, DD was a long serving Anglican Bishop of Jamaica from 1916 until 1931. He was educated at Wadham College, Oxford and ordained in 1889. His first posts were curacies at Canterbury, Tulse Hill, and Cheltenham. Later he held incumbencies at of St Paul’s,...
1916-1931 - William George HardieWilliam George HardieThe Most Rev William George Hardie, CBE was a long serving Anglican Bishop of Jamaica from 1931 until 1949; and for the last four of that time Primate of the West Indies....
1931-1950 - Basil Montague DaleBasil Montague DaleThe Rt Rev Basil Montague Dale, DD was the Anglican Bishop of Jamaica from 1950 until 1955. He was educated at Dean Close School and Queens' College, Cambridge and ordained in 1927. His first post was as Curate of St Andrew’s, Catford after which he was Priest in charge of All Saints, Putney. ...
1950-1955 - Percival William GibsonPercival William GibsonThe Rt Rev Percival William , CBE was the Anglican Bishop of Jamaica from 1955 until 1967. He was educated at St. George's College, Jamaica and London University and ordained in 1918. His first posts were curacies at Golden Grove, Jamaica and St George’s, Kingston...
1955-1968 - John Cyril Emerson SwabyJohn Cyril Emerson SwabyThe Rt Rev John Cyril Emerson Swaby , CBE was an Anglican Bishop of Jamaica in the third quarter of the 20th century. He was born on 11 December 1905 and educated at Munro College, Jamaica and Durham University and ordained in 1929 . His first post was as a Curate at Brown's Town after which he...
1968-1975 - Herbert Da Costa Edmondson 1975-1979
- Neville de Souza 1979-2000
- Alfred Charles Reid 2001-