Oswald Parry

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Oswald Hutton Parry was Bishop of Guyana from 1921 until 1936. [1] Born into an eminent ecclesiastical family, [2] he was educated at Charterhouse and Magdalen College, Oxford. [3] After a curacy at St Ignatius, Sunderland [4] he was appointed Head of Archbishop's Mission to the Assyrian Christians. From 1907 until 1921 he was Vicar of All Hallows East India Docks [5] when he ascended to the Colonial Episcopate. A significant author, [6] he died on 28 August 1936. [7]

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  1. Diocesan history Archived 2012-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
  2. His grandfather was the Rt Rev Thomas Parry the second Bishop of Barbados > “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN   0-7136-3457-X
  3. University Intelligence. Oxford, July 10. (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times Monday, Jul 12, 1897; pg. 11; Issue 35253; col F
  4. Time in Sunderland
  5. "Parish history". Archived from the original on 2009-09-23. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
  6. See “Six Months in a Syrian Monastery: Being the record of a visit to the headquarters of the Syrian church in Mesopotamia, with some account of the Yazidis or devil worshippers of Mosul and El Jilwah, their sacred book “ (London, Horace Cox,1895); “The Pilgrim in Jerusalem (London, SPCK 1920); and “Plain teaching for the preparing of the sacraments” (London, Faith Press, 1932)
  7. Bishop Of Guiana Missionary Work (Obituaries) The Times Monday, Aug 31, 1936; pg. 14; Issue 47467; col B
Church of England titles
Preceded by Deans of St George's Cathedral, Georgetown [1]
1921 1937
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Guyana
1921 1937
Succeeded by


  1. From the death of Ernest Sloman in 1918 until Hughes' appointment in 1937 the Bishop combined the two offices

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