Alfred Pakenham Berkeley (9 March 1862 – 15 May 1938) was an English

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from 1917 to 1927; and Bishop of the Windward Islands from 1927 to 1930. Alfred Berkeley was the son of R. Fitzharding Berkeley, rector of

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and canon.Obituary, ''

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'', 16 May 1927 Educated at Harrison College and

Codrington College Codrington College is an Anglican theological college in Saint John, Barbados, St. John, Barbados now affiliated with the University of the West Indies at Cave Hill. It is one of the oldest Anglican theological colleges in the Americas. It was ...

, he was

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1885 and

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in 1886. He became curate of

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. In 1887 he became vicar of

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, and in 1888 curate of

. From 1891 to 1901 he was vicar of Holy Innocents, Barbados. Rector of Saint Philip from 1901 to 1907 and dean and rector of

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from 1907 to 1917, Berkeley was elected to be bishop and was consecrated in St. Michael’s Cathedral, Barbados on 12 August 1917. On his retirement as Bishop of Barbados and the Windward Islands in 1927 he was elected as the first bishop of the Diocese of the Windward Islands, which since its formation in 1877 had been administered by the Bishop of Barbados. He was also appointed Rector of St George's Cathedral in Kingstown, St Vincent. He is buried in

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, London.

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