The Rt Rev

Right Reverend

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 George Frederick Cecil Carteret, DD

Doctor of Divinity

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 (1886– 1932) was a long serving Anglican Bishop of Jamaica

Anglican Diocese of Jamaica

The Anglican Diocese in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands was formed in 1824 and has had the following Bishops #Christopher Lipscomb 1824-1843#Aubrey George Spencer 1843-1872#Reginald Courtenay 1872-79#William George Tozer 1879-1880#Enos Nuttall 1880-1916...

 from 1916 until 1931. He was educated at Wadham College, Oxford

Wadham College, Oxford

Wadham College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, located at the southern end of Parks Road in central Oxford. It was founded by Nicholas and Dorothy Wadham, wealthy Somerset landowners, during the reign of King James I...

  and ordained in 1889. His first posts were curacies

Curate

A curate is a person who is invested with the care or cure of souls of a parish. In this sense "curate" correctly means a parish priest but in English-speaking countries a curate is an assistant to the parish priest...

 at Canterbury

Canterbury

Canterbury is a historic English cathedral city, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a district of Kent in South East England. It lies on the River Stour....

, Tulse Hill

Tulse Hill

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, and Cheltenham

Cheltenham

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. Later he held incumbencies

Vicar

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 at of St Paul’s, Southwark

Southwark

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 and Christ Church, East Greenwich. In 1913 he was appointed Assistant Bishop

Assistant Bishop

An assistant bishop in the Anglican Communion is a bishop appointed to assist a diocesan bishop.-Church of England:In the established Church of England, assistant bishops are usually are retired bishops – in which case they are honorary assistant bishops...

 of 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...

 before promotion to be its Diocesan

Diocese

A diocese is the district or see under the supervision of a bishop. It is divided into parishes.An archdiocese is more significant than a diocese. An archdiocese is presided over by an archbishop whose see may have or had importance due to size or historical significance...

 three years later. He died in Canterbury

Canterbury

Canterbury is a historic English cathedral city, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a district of Kent in South East England. It lies on the River Stour....

 on 3 January 1932.