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 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.


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