Bishop of Antigua
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The Anglican diocese
of Antigua and the Leeward Islands was formed in 1842, as the diocese of Barbados
, then one of two covering the Caribbean, was sub-divided.
There is also a Catholic diocese.
Diocese
A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...
of Antigua and the Leeward Islands was formed in 1842, as the diocese of Barbados
Bishop of Barbados
The Anglican diocese of Barbados was set up in 1824, as one of two covering the whole Caribbean. Before that, the area was nominally under the charge of the Bishop of London, a situation that had been assumed to hold from 1660 onwards...
, then one of two covering the Caribbean, was sub-divided.
There is also a Catholic diocese.
List of Anglican bishops of Antigua
- (1) 1842–1857 Daniel Gateward DavisDaniel Davis (bishop)The Right Reverend Daniel Gateward Davis was an abolitionist and the inaugural Bishop of Antigua from 1842 until his death.-Early life:...
(d.1857) - (2) 1858–1859 Stephen Jordan RigaudStephen Jordan RigaudStephen Jordan Rigaud was an English clergyman and schoolmaster.He was appointed as the senior assistant master of Westminster School, and was put in charge of a boarding house from 1846 - 1850. The house in question is now known as Rigaud's...
(1816–1859) - (3) 1860–1895 William Walrond Jackson (1811–1895)
- (4) 1895–1897 Charles James Branch
- (5) 1897–1905 Herbert Mather
- (6) 1905–1910 Walter FarrarWalter FarrarWalter Farrar was an Anglican bishop in the first decades of the 20th century.Farrar was educated at Queen's College, Guyana and Keble College, Oxford and ordained in 1888. He began his ordained ministry at St Mary’s East Coast in what was then British Guiana...
- (7) 1911–1936 Edward HutsonEdward HutsonEdward Hutson was a long-serving Anglican Bishop of Antigua from 1911 until his death and, from 1922, the Primate of the West Indies....
- (8) 1937–1943 George Sumner HandGeorge Sumner HandGeorge Sumner Hand was a Colonial Anglican Bishop in the first half of the 20th century. He was educated at Bloxham School and St John's College, Oxford. He was Rector of St Lawrence with St Gregory, Norwich and later was Dean of St John's Cathedral, Antigua before his elevation to the...
- (9) 1944–1952 Nathaniel William Newnham DavisNathaniel William Newnham DavisThe Rt Rev Nathaniel William Newnham Davis was a Colonial Anglican Bishop in the mid 20th century.He was born on 17 July 1903 and educated at Harrow and Merton College, Oxford . After a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon he was ordained in 1927 and began his career as a Curate of Church...
- (10) 1953–1969 Donald Knowles
- (11) 1970–1998 Orland Ugham LindsayOrland Ugham LindsayOrland Ugham Lindsay was a Bishop of Antigua from 1970 to 1998; and for much of that time Primate of the West Indies.Lindsay was born on 24 March 1928 and educated at McGill University. He was ordained in 1957 after World War II service with the RAF and a brief career as a school teacher. He was...
- (12) 1998- Leroy Errol BrooksLeroy Errol BrooksLeroy Errol Brooks is the 12th and current Bishop of Antigua; and his See is NECA ....