Enos Nuttall was the Anglican Primate

Primate (religion)

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 of the Church in the Province of the West Indies

Church in the Province of the West Indies

The Church in the Province of the West Indies is a member province in the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church comprises eight dioceses spread out over much of the West Indies area. The present position of archbishop and primate of the West Indies is held by The Most Rev. John Holder. The Most...

, elected such in 1893.

Life

Born in Lancashire, England, 26 January 1842, he went to Jamaica

Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...

 in 1862 as an unordained missionary

Missionary

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 of the Methodist Church. He was ordained a priest

Priest

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 in the Anglican Church in 1866, and was consecrated Bishop

Bishop

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 of Jamaica in St Paul's Cathedral

St Paul's Cathedral

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 in London

London

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 in October 1880.

The Anglican Province of the West Indies was created in 1883 and held its first provincial synod in Jamaica in October in that year. Nuttall played a leading role in drawing up a constitution

Constitution

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 for the province. Bishop William Piercy Austin

William Piercy Austin

William Piercy Austin was the inaugural and long serving Bishop of Guyana from 1842 until his death . Educated at Exeter College, Oxford and ordained in 1831 he was in rapid succession Curate , Vicar and Rural Dean of Georgetown, Guyana, then Archdeacon and Bishop...

 of Guyana

Anglican Diocese of Guyana

The Anglican Diocese of Guyana is one of eight within the Province of the West Indies. Its cathedral is St. George's Cathedral, Georgetown. The current bishop is the Rt Rev Cornell Jerome Moss....

was elected the first primate. Nuttall succeeded Bishop Austin as primate in 1893. His title was changed from primate to archbishop in 1897. He died on 31 May 1916.