• Source: Diocese of Trinidad and Tobago

      • The Anglican Diocese of Trinidad and Tobago is the administrative structure grouping together Anglicans in the nation of Trinidad and Tobago under a bishop. It is one of eight dioceses of the Church in the Province of the West Indies.
      As of 2009, it included 30 parishes, and was responsible for 59 primary schools, one special school, and nine high schools. The cathedral church is Holy Trinity Cathedral, Port of Spain.
      The current bishop of Trinidad and Tobago is The Right Reverend Claude Berkley.


      History


      The diocese was set up in 1872. Originally, the area was nominally under the charge of the Bishop of London, a situation that had been assumed to hold from 1660 onwards. In 1813, the then Bishop of London denied it was his responsibility, and so it turned out that clergy appointments to the Church in the Colonies were recommended by the local governor, in this case the Governor of the Leeward Islands. From 1824 until 1872 the area was administered by the Bishop of Barbados. The coat of arms of the diocese was granted by the College of Arms in London in 1951, and includes the Alpha and Omega and a version of the Shield of the Trinity.


      Bishops


      1872–1889: Richard Rawle
      1889–1904: Thomas Hayes
      1904–1916: John Welsh
      1918–1945: Arthur Anstey (also Archbishop of the West Indies, 1943–45)
      1946–1949: Fabian Jackson
      1951–1956: Douglas Wilson
      1957–1961: Noel Chamberlain
      1962–1970: James Hughes
      1967–1972: Guy Marshall, suffragan for Venezuela (became Bishop in Venezuela, 1972–1974)
      1970–1993: Clive Abdulah
      1993–2001: Rawle Douglin
      2001–2011: Calvin Bess
      2011–present: Claude Berkley


      See also


      Religion in Trinidad and Tobago


      References




      External links


      Official website

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