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Diocese Of The Bahamas And The Turks And Caicos Islands
The Anglican Diocese of the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands was originally established in 1861 as the Diocese of Nassau. Retitled the Diocese of Nassau and The Bahamas in 1942, it is now known as the Diocese of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands. It is a diocese of the Church in the Province of the West Indies, a constituent province of the Anglican Communion. History When the Bahamas was granted to the Lords Proprietors of Carolina by the English Crown in 1670 one of the conditions was the establishment of the Anglican church on the islands. The first Christ Church was built in Nassau between 1670 and 1684 to act as the Parish church of the colony. This wooden structure and its successor were destroyed by the Spanish and a third wooden building was demolished to make way in 1754 for a stone built structure. This, in turn, was enlarged to become the present building in 1841. In 1729, with the arrival of Woodes Rogers the first Royal Governor, the Bahamian church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christ Church Cathedral, Nassau
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Francis Cramer-Roberts
Francis Alexander Randal Cranmer Cramer-Roberts (né Roberts; 3 December 18409 February 1901) was an Anglican priest and colonial bishop in the 19th century. Early life Cramer-Roberts was born in Dublin in 1841, the son of Lieut-Col. John Cramer-Roberts and Marian Gall. His father was appointed Inspector-General of the Royal Irish Constabulary. He was educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1864 and was ordained deacon by Ashurst Gilbert, Bishop of Chichester. Ecclesiastical career In the following year, 1865, he was ordained priest and became Curate of Frant, Sussex. In 1868 he became Curate at Hawley, Kent, and in 1870 he was nominated to the Rectory of Llandinabo in Herefordshire. Three years later, he became Vicar of Blindley Heath, where he stayed until he in 1878 was appointed to the episcopate as Bishop of Nassau, serving for seven years. He was consecrated a bishop by Archibald Campbell Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury, on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christianity In The Bahamas
Religion in the Bahamas is dominated by various Christian denominations and reflects the country's diversity. Since the English colonization, most Bahamians adhere to diverse Protestant denominations with Baptist churches/Evangelicals, Pentecostalism, Adventism and Methodism being at the forefront. There is no state religion in the Bahamas, and there is generally free practice of religious beliefs. Demographics Statistically speaking, major Protestant denominations include Baptists/Evangelicals (35%), Anglicans (15%), Pentecostals (13%), Seventh-day Adventists (5%), and Methodists (4%). Although many unaffiliated Protestant congregations are almost exclusively black, most mainstream churches are integrated racially. There are significant Roman Catholic (14 percent) and Greek Orthodox populations. Smaller Jewish, Baháʼí, Jehovah's Witness and Muslim communities also are active. A small number of Bahamians and Haitians, particularly those living in the Family Islands, practi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laish Boyd
Laish Zane Boyd, is the current Bishop of Nassau and The Bahamas, a diocese of the Anglican Communion. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century Anglican bishops in the Caribbean Anglican bishops of Nassau Place of birth missing (living people) {{bahamas-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drexel Gomez
Drexel Wellington Gomez (born 24 January 1937) is a Bahamian Anglican bishop. Life and ministry Gomez was born on the Berry Islands in the Bahamas. He graduated from St Chad's College, Durham University, in 1959. He was enthroned and consecrated as Lord Bishop of Barbados in the Cathedral Church of St. Michael on 25 June 1972 and then in 1997 was elected the Bishop of the Diocese of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands. Gomez was elected Archbishop and Primate of the Province of the West Indies in 1996. His full title became His Grace the Most Reverend Drexel Wellington Gomez, Lord Archbishop, Metropolitan and Primate of the Church of the West Indies & Bishop of the Diocese Of Nassau & The Bahamas (Including the Turks & Caicos Islands). Along with Archbishop Peter Akinola, Anglican Primate of Nigeria, Gomez was a leading opponent of the ordination of non-celibate gay people as Anglican clergy, an issue that escalated into a crisis for the Anglican Communion following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Eldon
Michael Hartley Eldon (8 August 1931 - 7 February 2011) was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century. Born on 8 August 1931 to Sidney and Rowena Eldon, Michael was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge; he was ordained in 1955. After curacies in Nassau, he spent nine years on Grand Bahama, becoming archdeacon of the island. In 1971, he was appointed Suffragan Bishop of New Providence New Providence is the most populous island in the Bahamas, containing more than 70% of the total population. It is the location of the national capital city of Nassau, whose boundaries are coincident with the island; it had a population of 246 .... In 1971, Eldon became the first Bahamian Bishop of Nassau, resigning 25 years later, after attaining retirement. Notes [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bernard Markham
Bernard Markham was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century. Born on 26 February 1905 and educated at Bingley Grammar School and Leeds University, he was ordained in 1931. After curacies at Lidget Green and Stoke-on-Trent he held incumbencies at Bierley, North Kensington, Ardwick and St Margaret's, Toxteth, Liverpool (where he was Vicar from 1 September 1959 to July 1962). In 1962 he was appointed Bishop of Nassau, resigning a decade later.The Times, Saturday, 26 February 1972; p. 4; Issue 58412; col B ''Bishop of Nassau to retire'' He was then an Assistant Bishop within the Anglican Diocese of Southwell The Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham is a Church of England diocese in the Province of York, headed by the Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham. It covers all the English county of Nottinghamshire and a few parishes in South Yorkshire. It i ... until his death on 21 June 1984. Notes External linksThe People's Order of the Mass and Other Prayers (1965)iss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spence Burton
Spence Burton (4 October 1881 - 15 February 1966) was an Anglican bishop in the mid 20th century and the first American to be consecrated a bishop in the Church of England. Biography Born on 4 October 1881 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Caspar H. Burton and Byrd Waithman. He was educated at Harvard University graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1903 and a Master of Arts in 1904. He was a reporter with the New York Daily News from 1903 until 1904. He then attended the General Theological Seminary from where he earned a Bachelor of Divinity in 1907 and awarded a Doctor of Sacred Theology in 1939. He was ordained deacon in 1907 by the Bishop of New Hampshire Edward M. Parker, and priest in 1908 by the Coadjutor Bishop of Fond du Lac Reginald Heber Weller. After a short spell as an assistant priest at St John the Evangelist, Boston between 1907 and 1908, he was to spend the next 30 years with the Society of St. John the Evangelist. He was initially curate at the Church of St J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dauglish
John Dauglish was an Anglican colonial bishop in the mid 20th century. Born 19 October 1879 and educated at St Edward's School, Oxford and St John's College, Oxford he was ordained in 1902. After a short spell as a Curate he was to spend the next 19 years as a Royal Naval Chaplain. During the Great War, Dauglish served at Shotley Barracks where he was regarded as 'most zealous and conscientious 'and, from July, 1918, on HMS Queen Elizabeth on which he witnessed the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet and conducted the service of thanksgiving. He was a greatly admired padre, '...his upright character and straightforward advice and criticism universally appreciated' In 1924 he was appointed Rector of Lympstone.In 1931 he was appointed Bishop of Nassau, resigning a decade later. In 1942,he became Secretary for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel but had to resign after 2 years when 'he had bad heart failure following an operation' He died on 1 November 1952.''Obit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roscow Shedden
Roscow George Shedden (13 May 1882 – 11 December 1956) was an Anglican colonial bishop in the first half of the 20th century. Born into the family of Sir George Shedden of Paulespury Park, at East Cowes he was educated at Twyford School, Winchester, and Brasenose College, Oxford, and was ordained into the ministry of the Church of England in 1907. His first posts were at St Peter's Leicester and All Saints, Margaret Street. He was ordained to the episcopate as Bishop of Nassau, a position he held until 1931. Returning to England he was Vicar of St Peter and St Paul's, Wantage from 1931 until his retirement in 1952. He was also an Assistant Bishop of Oxford from 1947 until his death on 11 December 1956."Obituary: Rt. Rev. R. G. Shedden", ''The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfrid Hornby
Wilfrid Bird Hornby was an Anglican colonial bishop at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th. Born on 25 February 1851 and educated at Marlborough and Brasenose College, Oxford he was ordained in 1876. In 1880 he went on the Oxford Mission to Calcutta, returning in 1884. From 1885 to 1892 he was Vicar of St Columba's, Southwick, Sunderland when he was elevated to the episcopate as Bishop of Nyasaland. After only two years he returned to England, where he was Rector of St Clement's Church, Norwich then Vicar of Chollerton. In 1904 he was appointed Bishop of Nassau, a post he held until 1919. He died on 5 June 1935.''Deaths'' The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper '' The Sunday Times'' ( ..., Friday, 7 June 1935; p. 1; Issue 47084; col A Notes 1851 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Churton
Henry Norris Churton (15 January 1843 – 20 January 1904) was an Anglican colonial bishop in the 20th century. Churton was born in 1843 into an ecclesiastical family, the son of Edward Churton, Archdeacon of Cleveland. He was educated at Eton and University College, Oxford; and ordained in 1868. His first posts were curacies at Stoke-on-Trent and East Retford. From 1872 to 1879 he was Vicar of St John Evangelist, West Bromwich then Perpetual Curate of St James’ Chapel, Avonwick. Later he was Archdeacon of the Bahamas before being ordained to the episcopate in 1902, succeeding his elder brother (Edward) as Bishop of Nassau. He was consecrated bishop by the Archbishop of Canterbury at St Paul's Cathedral on 13 July 1902. He had previously received the honorary degree Doctor of Divinity (DD) from the University of Oxford in May 1902. He died in a yachting accident on 20 January 1904.'' Mentioned in the obituary of his elder brother Bishop Edward Churton The Times ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
