Reginald Courtenay | |
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Bishop of Jamaica | |
In office 1872–1879 | |
Archdeacon of Middlesex | |
In office 1853-1856 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1813 (1813) |
Died | 1906 (aged 92–93) |
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Education | Hertford College, Oxford |
Reginald Courtenay DD (1813–1906) was the Anglican Bishop of Jamaica from 1856 until 1879.
He was educated at Tonbridge School and Hertford College, Oxford and ordained in 1841. He was Rector of Thornton Watlass from 1842 to 1853 when he became Archdeacon of Middlesex (Jamaica), a post he held until his 1856 consecration to the episcopate as coadjutor bishop (called Bishop of Kingston) of Jamaica. He automatically succeeded as diocesan Bishop of Jamaica upon Aubrey Spencer's death, 24 February 1872.
Bibliography
- The Future States, their Nature and Evidences (1857)
- Account of the Church of England
- Three Pastoral Charges
References
- The Times, Tuesday, Apr 17, 1906; pg. 4; Issue 37996; col E Obituary
- History of Theological education in Jamaica
- “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- The Diocese of Jamaica & The Cayman Islands Archived 2013-10-23 at the Wayback Machine
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Preceded byAubrey Spencer | Bishop of Jamaica 1872–1879 |
Succeeded byWilliam Tozer |
Bishops of Jamaica | |
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Church in the Province of the West Indies | |
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