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Bishop Of Bermuda
The Bishop of Bermuda is an episcopal title given to the ordinary of the Anglican Church of Bermuda, one of six extra-provincial Anglican churches within the Church of England overseen by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The present Bishop is Nick Dill. From the date of official colonisation in 1612 (three years after Bermuda had been settled by the wreck of the Sea Venture, the survivors of which included the Reverend Richard Buck, who carried out the first Church of England services in Bermuda) until 1825, the nine parishes of the Church of England in Bermuda had rarely enough ministers, and there was no local Bishop, and indeed no colonial bishop, until Charles Inglis became the first Bishop of the Diocese of Nova Scotia (covering present-day New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Quebec) in 1787. From 1825 to 1839, Bermuda was attached to the Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Subsequently, Newfoundland and Bermuda were separated a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Episcopal Polity
An episcopal polity is a hierarchical form of church governance ("ecclesiastical polity") in which the chief local authorities are called bishops. (The word "bishop" derives, via the British Latin and Vulgar Latin term ''*ebiscopus''/''*biscopus'', from the Ancient Greek ''epískopos'' meaning "overseer".) It is the structure used by many of the major Christian Churches and denominations, such as the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Church of the East, Anglican, Lutheran and Methodist churches or denominations, and other churches founded independently from these lineages. Churches with an episcopal polity are governed by bishops, practising their authorities in the dioceses and conferences or synods. Their leadership is both sacramental and constitutional; as well as performing ordinations, confirmations, and consecrations, the bishop supervises the clergy within a local jurisdiction and is the representative both to secular structures and wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Arthur Jagoe
John Arthur Jagoe CBE (2 January 188916 October 1962) was an Irish Anglican bishop who served as Chaplain-in-Chief of the (British) Royal Air Force and the second Bishop of Bermuda. Early life Born on 2 January 1889, Jagoe educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Career Jagoe was ordained in 1912. He was a Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class (captain) in World War I and until he transferred to the Royal Air Force. On 30 October 1923, he was commissioned into the Royal Air Force Chaplains Branch and granted the relative rank of squadron leader. He was granted a permanent commission on 6 July 1927. He was granted the relative rank of group captain on 6 March 1938. He was appointed Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief in 1939. On 10 April 1944, he was granted the relative rank of air commodore and was appointed Chaplain-in-Chief. He was granted the relative rank of air vice-marshal on 1 July 1946. He was succeeded in the appointment of Chaplain-in-Chief by Leslie Wright on 31 March 1949. He re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extra-provincial Anglican Churches
The extra-provincial Anglican churches are a group of small, semi-independent church entities within the Anglican Communion. Unlike the larger member churches of the Communion, extra-provincial churches are not part of an ecclesiastical province and are subject to the metropolitical oversight of the Archbishop of Canterbury or theoretically of another bishop. there are five extra-provincial churches. In almost every case, these churches consist of just one diocese, although the Church of Ceylon is an exception, having two. Under the metropolitical oversight of the Archbishop of Canterbury: * The Anglican Church of Bermuda, led by the Bishop of Bermuda * The Church of Ceylon, Sri Lanka, led by the Bishop of Colombo * The Parish of the Falkland Islands, led by the Bishop of the Falkland Islands (post currently held by the Archbishop of Canterbury himself) * The Lusitanian Catholic Apostolic Evangelical Church (''Igreja Lusitana Católica Apostólica Evangélica'') in Portugal, l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Bishops Of Bermuda
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the largest branches of Christianity, with around 110 million adherents worldwide . Adherents of Anglicanism are called ''Anglicans''; they are also called ''Episcopalians'' in some countries. The majority of Anglicans are members of national or regional ecclesiastical provinces of the international Anglican Communion, which forms the third-largest Christian communion in the world, after the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. These provinces are in full communion with the See of Canterbury and thus with the Archbishop of Canterbury, whom the communion refers to as its ''primus inter pares'' (Latin, 'first among equals'). The Archbishop calls the decennial Lambeth Conference, chairs the meeting of primates, and is the pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick White (bishop)
The Right Reverend, Rt Rev Patrick White is a retired Bishop of Bermuda. He was ordained after a period of study at Wycliffe College and is now an honorary Doctor of Divinity there. Married to Elizabeth, he was elected in September 2008 and consecrated in January 2009. He retired from office in September 2012 upon his 70th birthday. He was succeeded by Nicholas Dill, who was consecrated as the Bishop of Bermuda on May 29, 2013. He now lives in the Toronto area. Notes and references Living people University of Toronto alumni 21st-century Anglican bishops in Bermuda Anglican bishops of Bermuda Year of birth missing (living people) {{Anglican-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ewen Ratteray
(Alexander) Ewen Ratteray was the Bishop of Bermuda. Born on 18 February 1942 and educated at ''Codrington College, Barbados'', he was ordained in 1966. After a curacy in Pontefract he began to proceed in Church ordained ministries: being successively Vicar of Airedale then Archdeacon of Bermuda before his translation to the episcopacy A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ... in 1996. He is now retired. References 1942 births 20th-century Anglican bishops in Bermuda Anglican bishops of Bermuda Living people Archdeacons of Bermuda 21st-century Anglican bishops in Bermuda {{Anglican-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William John Denbigh Down
William John Denbigh Down (born 15 July 1934) was the ninth Bishop of Bermuda and later the Assistant Bishop of Leicester. Educated at St John's College, Cambridge (he proceeded Cambridge Master of Arts ), Down was ordained in 1960. His first post was as a curate at St Paul's Church, Salisbury after which he was secretary to the Missions to Seaman and chaplain of St Michael Paternoster Royal until his ordination to the episcopate in 1990. He returned to England as the Assistant Bishop of Leicester The Bishop of Leicester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Leicester in the Province of Canterbury. Through reorganisation within the Church of England, the Diocese of Leicester was refounded in 1927, and St Martin's Church ... before retiring in 2001. References 1934 births Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge 20th-century Anglican bishops in Bermuda Anglican bishops of Bermuda Assistant bishops of Leicester (1987–2017) Living peopl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Charles Luxmoore
Christopher Charles Luxmoore (9 April 1926 – 24 February 2014) was the eighth Bishop of Bermuda. Life He was the son of the Rev. William Cyril Luxmoore and his wife Constance Evelyn Shoesmith. He was educated at Sedbergh School and Trinity College, Cambridge, and was ordained in 1953. His first post was as a curate at St John the Baptist, Newcastle upon Tyne after which he was Priest in Charge of St Bede's, Newsham, County Durham. He was then Rector of Sangre Grande, Trinidad and after that Vicar of Headingley, Leeds. He was Precentor and Canon Residentiary of Chichester Cathedral from 1981 until his election to the See of Bermuda in 1984, and was the first ever Bishop to be consecrated there.The Times, Monday, Nov 26, 1984; pg. 16; Issue 61996; col B ''Court Circular'' On his return to England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Cel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anselm Genders
Anselm Genders CR, born Roger Marson Genders and also added the name of Alban when he joined the Royal Navy (15 August 1919 – 19 June 2008), was the Bishop of Bermuda from 1977 until 1982. Genders was educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Birmingham and Brasenose College, Oxford during which time his studies were interrupted by wartime service with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. After graduation Genders taught briefly at Dame Allan's School (where he succeeded South African theologian John Suggitt) and then began a long association with the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield, becoming a monk in 1952. In 1955 he was sent as a tutor to Codrington College, Barbados eventually becoming its principal. A decade later he was sent to Rhodesia, working first in Penhalonga before being appointed Archdeacon of Manicaland. In 1977, Donald Coggan, Archbishop of Canterbury, asked him accept the Bermuda bishopric vacated by the death of Robert Stopford Robert Wrig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wright Stopford
Robert Wright Stopford, (20 February 1901 – 13 August 1976) was a British Anglican bishop. Early life and education Stopford was born in Garston, Merseyside (then in Lancashire), and educated at Coatham School in Redcar and Liverpool College, where he was Head of House (Littler's). He continued his education at Hertford College, Oxford, where he graduated with a Master of Arts degree. At Oxford he obtained first classes in classical honour moderations (1922) and modern history (1924). He was subsequently an Honorary Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford, and a Fellow of King's College London. He received a Doctor of Divinity degree from the University of London and a Doctor of Civil Law degree from the University of Durham. Stopford was married with two children. Ministry *Michaelmas 1932 made deacon *Michaelmas 1933 ordained priest *1932–1935 Chaplain, Oundle School *1935–1940 Principal of Trinity College (Kandy), Ceylon *1940–1946 Principal of Achimota College, Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Joseph Trapp
Eric Joseph Trapp (17 July 1910 – 8 September 1993) was an Anglican bishop in the mid-20th century. Early life Born on 17 July 1910 and educated at Alderman Newton's School in Leicester, and then at Leeds University, he undertook a period of study at the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield, to prepare for ordination. Ordained ministry He was ordained in 1935. Following a curacy at St Olave's, Mitcham, he emigrated to South Africa where he was director of the Masite Mission, Basutoland, then rector of St Augustine's Bethlehem, Orange Free State. Next he was rector of St John's, Maseru, then a canon of Bloemfontein Cathedral. He was appointed to the episcopate as the seventh bishop of Zululand in 1947, a post he held for ten years. He was then secretary of the SPGThe Times, Aug 03, 1957; pg. 8; Issue 53910; col C ''Ecclesiastical news'' until 1970 when he was appointed the fifth bishop of Bermuda, a post he held for five years. In retirement he served as an assistant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Armstrong (bishop Of Bermuda)
John Armstrong (4 October 190530 December 1992) was an Anglican bishop. He was the fourth Bishop of Bermuda. Early life and education He was educated at Durham School, then an all-boys Independent school in Durham, County Durham, England. He trained for ordination at St Francis College, a theological college in Nundah, Queensland, and completed a Licentiate in Theology (ThL) at the Australian College of Theology. Ordained ministry Armstrong was ordained as a deacon in 1932 (in the Diocese of Goulburn, Australia) and as a priest in 1933. He was a military chaplain in the Royal Navy for 28 years. He eventually rose to be Chaplain of the Fleet, serving from 1960 to 1963. He retired from the Royal Navy on 15 March 1963. In 1963, Armstrong was appointed to the episcopate; he was the first Chaplain of the Fleet to proceed directly to the episcopate after leaving office. On 25 March 1963, he was consecrated a bishop by Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, during a service a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
