Joseph Hennis

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Joseph Hennis
Born
Joseph Gabriel Lake Hennis

(1930-08-26) August 26, 1930 (age 93)
OccupationPriest
Years active1958–2019
Spouse
Thelma Elaine Prescod
(m. 1959)
Children6

The Rev. Canon Joseph Gabriel Lake Hennis was Archdeacon of Antigua from 1968 until 1971. [1]

Joseph Hennis was born in Anguilla, educated at Codrington College, and ordained as a priest on December 14, 1958. [2] As such, he became the first Anguillan to be ordained to the Anglican ministry. [3] He was Curate at St Anthony, Montserrat then held incumbencies at St George, Montserrat; All Saints, Antigua; and St Mary's, Barbados. Canon Hennis studied at Huron College, Canada in 1963 and he worked at St Barnabas Church, Toronto, Canada in 1964. [4]

Notes

  1. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1980-1982 p456 Oxford, OUP, 1983 ISBN   0-19-200010-1
  2. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30 p144 London: Oxford University Press, 1929
  3. "The Anguillan" . Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  4. "Growing Up In All Saints Village, Antigua: The 1940s – The Late 1960s" Knight, E.V.S. 2009


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