Howard Gregory (bishop)

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Howard Kingsley Ainsworth Gregory has served the Anglican Diocese of Jamaica [1] as its bishop since 2012. [2]

Gregory was educated at the University of the West Indies. He was ordained a deacon in 1973 priest in 1974. [3]

Gregory was the chaplain of his old university. He was a then a lecturer at the Church Teachers’ College in Mandeville then warden at the United Theological College of the West Indies. He became Bishop of Montego Bay in 2002; he was consecrated on 17 May 17 at the Cathedral of St. Jago de la Vega, Spanish Town. [4]

Gregory was elected as the thirteenth Archbishop of the Church in the Province of the West Indies (CPWI) in May 2019. [5]

Gregory is married and has one daughter.

Notes

  1. Anglican Communion
  2. Diocesan website
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 p. 387:London, OUP, 1976 ISBN   0-19-200008-X
  4. Jamaica Observer
  5. "Bishop Howard Gregory is the New Archbishop of the West Indies – Diocese of Jamaica & The Cayman Islands" . Retrieved 2019-06-25.
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Bishop of Jamaica
2012
Succeeded by


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