The Rt Rev Neville Wordsworth De Souza, [1] OJ [2] was a long serving Anglican Bishop of Jamaica. [3]
He was educated at St Peter's College Jamaica and ordained in 1958. [4] His first post was a curacy in Porus, Manchester Parish after which he was Rector of Grange Hill. He was Suffragan Bishop of Montego Bay from 1973 to 1979 when he became its Diocesan, [5] serving for twenty one years.
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| Preceded by Herbert Da Costa Edmondson | Bishop of Jamaica 1979 – 2000 | Succeeded by Alfred Charles Reid |
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