Thomas Parry (bishop)
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Thomas Parry was a Welsh clergyman and Bishop of Barbados
from 1842 to 1869.
of Llanferres
, Denbighshire
. Parry was educated at Oriel College, Oxford, matriculating in 1812 and graduating first-class in mathematics and second-class in classics four years later. He was appointed a Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford
in 1818 and obtained a Master of Arts in the following year.
of the West Indies in 1825 and was transferred to Barbados
in 1840. Two years later, he was nominated to be the second Bishop of Barbados
. He held this position until 1869 when he returned to England following a breakdown in his health.
. Parry died on 16 March 1870 in Malvern
, Worcestershire
.
Bishop of Barbados
The Anglican diocese of Barbados was set up in 1824, as one of two covering the whole Caribbean. Before that, the area was nominally under the charge of the Bishop of London, a situation that had been assumed to hold from 1660 onwards...
from 1842 to 1869.
Background and education
He was born the fourth son of Edward Parry, a clergyman in North Wales, who at that time was rectorRector
The word rector has a number of different meanings; it is widely used to refer to an academic, religious or political administrator...
of Llanferres
Llanferres
Llanferres is a village and parish in the county of Denbighshire in Wales. At the 2001 Census the population of the village was recorded as 676.- Geography :...
, Denbighshire
Denbighshire
Denbighshire is a county in north-east Wales. It is named after the historic county of Denbighshire, but has substantially different borders. Denbighshire has the distinction of being the oldest inhabited part of Wales. Pontnewydd Palaeolithic site has remains of Neanderthals from 225,000 years...
. Parry was educated at Oriel College, Oxford, matriculating in 1812 and graduating first-class in mathematics and second-class in classics four years later. He was appointed a Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford
Balliol College, Oxford
Balliol College , founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England but founded by a family with strong Scottish connections....
in 1818 and obtained a Master of Arts in the following year.
Career
Parry became ArchdeaconArchdeacon
An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in Anglicanism, Syrian Malabar Nasrani, Chaldean Catholic, and some other Christian denominations, above that of most clergy and below a bishop. In the High Middle Ages it was the most senior diocesan position below a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church...
of the West Indies in 1825 and was transferred to Barbados
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
in 1840. Two years later, he was nominated to be the second Bishop of Barbados
Bishop of Barbados
The Anglican diocese of Barbados was set up in 1824, as one of two covering the whole Caribbean. Before that, the area was nominally under the charge of the Bishop of London, a situation that had been assumed to hold from 1660 onwards...
. He held this position until 1869 when he returned to England following a breakdown in his health.
Family and death
In 1824, he married Louisa, third daughter of Henry Hutton, rector of Beaumont-cum-MozeBeaumont-cum-Moze
Beaumont-cum-Moze is a civil parish in the Tendring district of Essex, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 352. The parish includes Beaumont and Moze Cross.Beaumont Cut is a derelict canal in the parish....
. Parry died on 16 March 1870 in Malvern
Malvern, Worcestershire
Malvern is a town and civil parish in Worcestershire, England, governed by Malvern Town Council. As of the 2001 census it has a population of 28,749, and includes the historical settlement and commercial centre of Great Malvern on the steep eastern flank of the Malvern Hills, and the former...
, Worcestershire
Worcestershire
Worcestershire is a non-metropolitan county, established in antiquity, located in the West Midlands region of England. For Eurostat purposes it is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three counties that comprise the "Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire" NUTS 2 region...
.