The Most Rev

Most Reverend

The Most Reverend is a style applied to certain religious figures.*In the Roman Catholic Church , all bishops are styled "The Most Reverend", as well as monsignors of the rank of protonotary apostolic de numero.*In the Roman Catholic Church , archbishops are styled "The...

  William George Hardie, CBE

Order of the British Empire

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 (1878 – 21 February 1950) 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 1931 until 1949; and for the last four of that time Primate 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...

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He was born in 1878 and educated at Giggleswick School

Giggleswick School

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  and Emmanuel College, Cambridge

Emmanuel College, Cambridge

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 and ordained in 1902. His first posts were curacies

Curate

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 at Holy Trinity

Holy Trinity Church, Cambridge

Holy Trinity Church is a church in Market Street, central Cambridge, England, on the corner with Sidney Street. Its current vicar is Rupert Charkham, and theologically, it stands within the open evangelical tradition of the Church of England...

, Cambridge

Cambridge

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 and then Christ Church, Greenwich

Greenwich

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. Later he held incumbencies

Vicar

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 at Holy Trinity, Swansea

Swansea

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, St John’s, Lowestoft

Lowestoft

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 and St Luke’s, Finchley

Finchley

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. In 1928 he was appointed Assistant Bishop

Assistant Bishop

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 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 on 21 February 1950.

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