Clive Abdulah

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Clive Abdulah
Born
Clive Orminston Abdulah

(1927-06-05) 5 June 1927 (age 97)
Woodbrook, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Education Queen's Royal College
Alma mater University of Pennsylvania
University of Toronto
OccupationAnglican bishop
SpouseMariko Abdulah
Children3, inc. David Abdulah
Awards Hummingbird Medal (Gold)

Clive Orminston Abdulah (born 5 June 1927) [1] [2] is a retired Bishop of Trinidad who continues to serve the Church as an assistant bishop [3] and a member of the Anglican Consultative Council. [4]

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Biography

Born in Woodbrook, Port of Spain, Trinidad, [5] Abdulah attended Rosary Boys' School and Queen's Royal College, before continuing his education at the Universities of Pennsylvania (BA, 1950) and the University of Toronto. [1]

He was ordained in 1954 and began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy in Kingston, Jamaica. He was then rector of Highgate and rural dean of St Mary in the same country before his elevation to the episcopate. He was the first black bishop of the Anglican church in Trinidad and Tobago and was the first West Indian bishop to serve on the board of directors of the Anglican Centre in Rome, Italy (from 1992 to 1995). [5]

A noted Freemason, [6] Abdulah has spoken out about political deadlock in Trinidad. [7]

Personal life

With his wife Mariko, to whom he was married for 69 years until her death in 2022, Abdulah had three sons: David, Kenneth and Gregory. [8]

Awards

Abdulah's awards include the Hummingbird Medal (Gold) [9] and an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters (DLitt) from the University of the West Indies. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 Personalities Caribbean, Volume 4. p. 643. Retrieved 14 February 2016– via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "Bishop Clive Abdulah". The Anglican Church in the Diocese of Trinidad and Tobago. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "Our Bishops | Assistant Bishops | Bishop Clive O. Abdulah", trinidad.anglican.org. Archived 18 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ ACC9
  5. 1 2 3 Fraser, Mark (25 October 2013). "Honorary degree for Clive Abdulah". Trinidad Express . Retrieved 7 May 2025.. Archived 22 February 2016 at the Wayback Machine .
  6. ↑ Pidduck, Angela (30 March 2008). "TT Grand Lodge celebrates 50 years". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday . Retrieved 7 May 2025.
  7. ↑ "MPs urged to behave better", BBC Caribbean News in Brief, 31 March 2008.
  8. ↑ Douglas, Sean (15 September 2022). "David Abdulah loses mother". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
  9. ↑ "Independence awards list 2010". Trinidad Express. 31 August 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2025.. Archived 19 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine .
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