Calvin Bess

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Calvin Wendell Bess is a former Bishop of Trinidad and Tobago.

Educated at Codrington College, Barbados, he was ordained in 1966 [1] and began his ecclesiastical career with a curacies at Scarborough, Tobago and Holy Trinity Cathedral in Port of Spain [2] Next he was Priest in charge at Priest in Charge of St. Patrick's Church in Mt. Pleasant on Tobago before returning to Trinidad St. Paul's Church, San Fernando and then Holy Cross Church, Marabella, [3] before his elevation to the episcopate in 2001 which he retired after ten years' service in 2011.

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References

  1. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN   0-19-200008-X
  2. Cathedral web site
  3. Trinidad Anglican Archived 2010-09-18 at the Wayback Machine
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Bishop of Trinidad
2001–2011
Succeeded by