Gerald James Ian Ernest (born 30 August 1954) is a Mauritian

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bishop. In 2001 he was consecrated as the 15th

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. From 2006 to 2017 he was

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of the Province of the Indian Ocean. From October 2019 to January 2025, he was the Archbishop of Canterbury's Personal Representative to the Holy See and Director of the

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. Ernest was educated at the

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and ordained an Anglican priest in 1985. In 2008 he was awarded the

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, the second-highest international award for outstanding service to the Anglican Communion, by the

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.See Lambeth citation lis
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1954 births University of Madras alumni 21st-century Anglican bishops in Africa 21st-century Anglican archbishops Anglican bishops of Mauritius Anglican archbishops of the Indian Ocean Living people Recipients of the Cross of St Augustine {{Africa-Anglican-bishop-stub