DIOCESAN BISHOP

The Rt. Rev. Howard Kingsley Ainsworth Gregory was consecrated as the 14th Bishop of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands on May 17, 2012 in the Cathedral of St. Jago de la Vega, Spanish Town. He was elected at a Special Synod of the Church on March 27, 2012, and succeeds the Rt. Rev. Alfred C. Reid, who retired on December 31, 2011.

Prior to his election as Lord Bishop, Bishop Gregory served as Suffragan Bishop of Montego Bay for 10 years. His pastoral journey began in 1973 when he was  ordained a Deacon, and he entered the priesthood in 1974.

His first appointment was that of Anglican Chaplain of the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies.  He later served as Chaplain and Lecturer at the Church Teachers’ College in Mandeville from 1978-80.  He was appointed Acting Anglican Warden and Tutor at the United Theological College of the West Indies in 1980, and served concurrently as Priest-in-charge of the Golden Grove Cure. Returning from study leave in 1986, he was appointed Anglican Tutor and Lecturer in Pastoral Care and Counselling.  In 1987 he was promoted to the position of Deputy President of the UTCWI.  In 1990 he was appointed President of the College and served in that capacity until 2002 when he was elected Suffragan Bishop of Montego Bay.

Bishop Gregory holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theology, the Diploma in Ministerial Studies and a Diploma in Education from the University of the West Indies.  In addition, he holds a Master of Sacred Theology degree from the Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria, Virginia, a Doctor of Sacred Theology from Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia, and a Master in Business Administration from the Graduate Theological Foundation in South Bend, Indiana.

Bishop Gregory has been conferred with the Doctor of Divinity degree (honoris causa), by the Graduate Theological Foundation and the Virginia Theological Seminary, respectively.

He is married and has one daughter.

 Kingston Region

The Rt. Rev. Dr. Robert McLean Thompson - coming originally from Forth William, Westmoreland - received his secondary education at Jamaica College.  Following his call to the ministry of the Church he entered the United Theological College of the West Indies from which he graduated in 1973. He was ordained a priest in 1974. His continuing education included a Masters in Sacred Ministry from  McGill University in 1979 and most recently a Doctor in Ministry – D.Min. - from Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, in 2004.

He served as Curate at the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Rector of St. Jude’s, Stony Hill and later St. Andrew Parish Church, Half Way Tree. He was made a Canon of the Cathedral in June 2001. He was elected as the third Suffragan Bishop of Kingston at the Synod of March 2005 and consecrated and ordained in May 2005.

He has served on several Boards and Committees including the Council of the Institute of Jamaica and Jamaica Justice Reform. He currently serves on the Board of Kingston College, the YMCA, Kingston Restoration Company, and more recently the Police Service Commission. As a member of the Provincial Synod of the Church in the Province of the West Indies (CPWI) he served for seven years on the Anglican Consultative Council which facilitates cooperative work among the Churches of the worldwide Anglican Communion.

Bishop Thompson is married and has two sons Matthew and Joseph.

Mandeville Region (Vacant)

  Montego Bay Region

 The Rt. Rev. Leon Golding consecrated November 16, 2012.

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