The Archbishop of the West Indies is the

Anglican Anglicanism, also known as Episcopalianism in some countries, is a Western Christianity, Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the ...

primate of the Province of the West Indies, part of the worldwide

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History

The

West Indies The West Indies is an island subregion of the Americas, surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, which comprises 13 independent island country, island countries and 19 dependent territory, dependencies in thr ...

became a self-governing

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of the

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in 1883, when William Piercy Austin (who had been

Bishop of Guyana The Anglican Diocese of Guyana is one of eight within the Province of the West Indies. Its cathedral is St. George's Cathedral, Georgetown. The diocese came into being on 24 August 1842, when William Austin (1842–1892) was consecrated as the ...

since 1842) was appointed the first Primate. The title was changed from Primate to Archbishop (and Primate) in 1897. The title of Archbishop is invariably held concurrently with that of bishop of one of the eight dioceses of the province, and it is common for the most senior bishop in the province to be elected as archbishop.

Primates

* William Piercy Austin (1884–1891) * Enos Nuttall (1892–1897)

Archbishops

* Enos Nuttall (1897 – 1915) * Edward Parry (1916 – 1921) * Edward Hutson (1921 – 1936) *

Edward Arthur Dunn Edward Arthur Dunn (8 August 1868 – 11 January 1955) was an eminent Anglican bishop in the mid-20th century. Biography Born into an ecclesiastical family – his father was Andrew Hunter Dunn, at sometime the Anglican Bishop of Quebec, Bishop ...

(1936 – 1943) * Arthur Henry Anstey (1943 – 1945) * William George Hardie (1945 – 1950) * Alan John Knight (1951 – 1979) *

George Cuthbert Manning Woodroffe Sir George Cuthbert Manning Woodroffe KBE (known as Cuthbert; 17 May 1918 - 29 November 2012) was an Anglican Archbishop of the Province of the West Indies. He was a long serving Anglican Bishop of the Windward Islands from 1969 until 1986. For the ...

(1979 – 1986) *

Orland Ugham Lindsay Orland Ugham Lindsay (24 March 1928 – 10 December 2023) was an Antiguan Anglican clergyman. He served as the Bishop of Antigua from 1970 to 1996; and for much of that time also Archbishop of the West Indies, Archbishop of the Church in the Pro ...

(1986 – 1996) *

Drexel Wellington 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 ...

(1996 – 2009) *

John Walder Dunlop Holder John Walder Dunlop Holder (born 1949 in Bath Village, St. John, Barbados) is a former Barbadian Anglican archbishop. He was the Anglican Archbishop of the West Indies and held the See of Barbados. He was born at Bath Village, St. John on the i ...

(2009 – 2018) * Howard Gregory (2019 – 2024)

Bishops

The bishops within the Archbishop's province are from two "mainland" dioceses (

Belize Belize is a country on the north-eastern coast of Central America. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Guatemala to the west and south. It also shares a maritime boundary with Honduras to the southeast. P ...

and

Guyana Guyana, officially the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern coast of South America, part of the historic British West Indies. entry "Guyana" Georgetown, Guyana, Georgetown is the capital of Guyana and is also the co ...

) and six island dioceses. *

Anglican Diocese of Belize The Anglican Diocese of Belize was established in 1883. The current bishop is Philip Wright. Established in 1883 as a member of the Church of the Province of the West Indies, the Diocese of Belize now comprises 31 churches spread throughout th ...

Anglican Diocese of Guyana The Anglican Diocese of Guyana is one of eight within the Province of the West Indies. Its cathedral is St. George's Cathedral, Georgetown. The diocese came into being on 24 August 1842, when William Austin (1842–1892) was consecrated as the ...

* Diocese of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands *

Diocese of Barbados The Diocese of Barbados is one of eight dioceses of the Anglican Communion that is part of the Province of the West Indies. History The diocese was established in 1824 as one of a pair, the other being the Diocese of Jamaica, which covered the ...

* Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands * Diocese of the North East Caribbean and Aruba *

Anglican Diocese of Trinidad and Tobago The Anglican Diocese of Trinidad and Tobago is the administrative structure grouping together Anglicans in the nation of Trinidad and Tobago under a bishop. It is one of eight dioceses of the Church in the Province of the West Indies. As of 2009, ...

* Anglican Diocese of the Windward Islands

External links

Church of England history in the West Indies
* Anglican Church in the Caribbean Lists of Anglican bishops and archbishops {{Anglican-stub

History

Primates

Archbishops

Bishops

See also

External links