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CHURCH IN THE PROVINCE OF THE WEST INDIES (CPWI)
The Province of the West Indies came into being in 1883 and the Provincial Synod consisted of the Bishops who usually met overseas owing to the difficulty of travelling.
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Document signed by the Most Rev. Archibald Campbell, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of All England giving his consent for “the several dioceses of Jamaica, Barbados, and the Windward Islands, Antigua, Nassau, Trinidad, and Guiana and such other dioceses as have been or shall hereafter be formed within the limits of the West Indies and of Central or South America if the Synods or Church Councils of such Dioceses shall so desire shall be united for Ecclesiastical purposes into a Province to be styled the Province of the West Indies.” 23 August, 1880
Copy of original document, Anglican Church Records, Jamaica Archives, Spanish Town, Jamaica
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The Provincial Synod became fully representative in 1959 and comprised three ‘Houses’ – the Houses of Bishops, clergy and laity. All the bishops of the Province are members of the Provincial Synod which meets every 3 years. Each Diocese is also represented by two priests, two lay delegates and one youth representative who are elected by their Diocesan Synods. There is a standing committee which continues the work of Synod between its meetings.
CPWI is made up of two mainland Dioceses and six island Dioceses located around the Caribbean Sea.
BISHOPS OF THE PROVINCE OF THE WEST INDIES
NEW ARCHBISHOP
The Anglican Church in the Province of the West Indies [CPWI] has elected a new Archbishop. He is the present Bishop of the Diocese of Barbados, the Right Reverend Dr. the Honourable John Walder Dunlop Holder. The election took place on Thursday, December 10, 2009 at the Provincial Synod in Guyana. He succeeds the Most Reverend Drexel Gomez who retired in December 2008.
Archbishop Holder has served as Bishop of Barbados since September 2000. Prior to this he served as Lecturer and Deputy Principal of Codrington College, Barbados. He is a Barbadian, married with one son. He is sixty-one years old.
Diocese of Barbados
Rt. Rev. John Walder Dunlop Holder
Retired
Rt. Rev. Rufus Brome
Diocese of Belize
Rt. Rev. Philip Wright
Diocese of Guyana
Rt. Rev. Cornell Jerome Moss
Retired
Rt. Rev. Randolph Oswald George
Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands
Rt. Rev. Alfred Charles Reid
Suffragan Bishops:
Rt. Rev. Harold Benjamin Daniel - Mandeville
Rt. Rev. Howard Kingsley Ainsworth Gregory – Montego Bay
Rt. Rev. Robert McLean Thompson – Kingston
Retired
The Rt. Rev. The Hon. Neville W. deSouza
Rt. Rev. William Murray
Rt. Rev. E. Don Taylor, Formerly Vicar Bishop of New York now Rector of Kingston Parish Church.
Diocese of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands
Rt. Rev. Laish Boyd
Retired
Rt. Rev. Gilbert Arthur Thompson – now Assistant Bishop
The Most Rev. Drexel Wellington Gomez
Rt. Rev. Michael Eldon
Diocese of the North Eastern Caribbean and Aruba (formerly Antigua)
Rt. Rev. Leroy Errol Brooks
Retired
The Most Rev. The Hon Orland Lindsay
Diocese of Trinidad and Tobago
Rt. Rev.Calvin Bess
Rt. Rev. Claude Berkley - Coadjutor Bishop
Retired
Rt. Rev. Clive Abdulah
Rt. Rev. Rawle Douglin
Diocese of the Windward Islands
Rt. Rev. Leopold Friday
Retired
The Most Rev Sir Cuthbert Woodroffe
Provincial Chancellor Mrs. Rubie Nottage
Provincial Registrar Mr. Bernard Turner
Provincial Secretary Mrs. Elenor Lawrence
Provincial Secretariat
Bamford House
Society Hill
St. John
BARBADOS
Tel: (246) 423-0842/3
Fax (246)423-0855
E-mail bamford@sunbeach.net
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