Oswald Hutton Parry

The Rt Rev Oswald Hutton Parry was Bishop of Guyana from 1921 until 1936 [ [http://www.stgeorges.org.gy/St%20Georges%20Cathedral%20Book.pdf Diocesan history] ] . Born into an eminent ecclesiastical family [His grandfather was the Rt Rev Thomas Parry the secondBishop of Barbados > “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X] , he was educated at Charterhouse and Magdalen College, Oxford [ "University Intelligence. Oxford, July 10. (Official Appointments and Notices)" The Times Monday, Jul 12, 1897; pg. 11; Issue 35253; col F] . After a curacy at St Ignatius, Sunderland [ [http://bsahistory.blogspot.com/2008/01/bsa-students-and-church-of-england.html Time in Sunderland] ] he was appointed "Head of Archbishop's Mission to the Assyrian Christians". From 1907 until 1921 he was Vicar of "All Hallows East India Docks" [ [http://www.eolfhs.org.uk/parish/poplar.htm Parish history] ] when he ascended to the Colonial Episcopate. A significant author [See “Six Months in a Syrian Monastery: Being the Record of a Visit to the Head“ (London, Horace Cox,1895); “The Pilgrim in Jerusalem (London, SPCK 1920); and “Plain teaching for the preparing of the sacraments” (London, Faith Press, 1932)] , he died on 28 August 1936 ["Bishop Of Guiana Missionary Work (Obituaries)" The Times Monday, Aug 31, 1936; pg. 14; Issue 47467; col B] .

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