The Rt Rev Rawle Ernest Douglin is a former
Bishop 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, ...
.
Educated at
Kelham Theological College, he was ordained in 1960 and began his ecclesiastical career with a
curacy
A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy w ...
at All Saints
Port of Spain
Port of Spain ( Spanish: ''Puerto España''), officially the City of Port of Spain (also stylized Port-of-Spain), is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago and the third largest municipality, after Chaguanas and San Fernando. The city has a munic ...
. After this he served
incumbencies at St. Stephen's, Princes Town The Good Shepherd, Tunapuna and All Saints’ Church, Newtown. Later he was
Dean of Holy Trinity Cathedral in Port of Spain
Cathedral web site
before his elevation to the episcopate
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution.
In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or offic ...
in 1992, serving for ten years.
Notes and references
Living people
Deans of Trinidad
20th-century Anglican bishops in the Caribbean
21st-century Anglican bishops in the Caribbean
Anglican bishops of Trinidad and Tobago
Year of birth missing (living people)
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