- Cyril Swaby
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The Rt Rev John Cyril Emerson Swaby , CBE was an Anglican Bishop of Jamaica in the third quarter of the 20th century. He was born on 11 December 1905 and educated at Munro College, Jamaica and Durham University [1] and ordained in 1929 [2]. His first post was as a Curate at Brown's Town after which he held incumbencies at St Cyprian’s Highgate and then St Matthew’s, Kingston. From 1951 he was Archdeacon of South Middlesex and a decade later was promoted to be Suffragan Bishop of Kingston. After seven years he was promoted to be its Diocesan[3] and served until his death on 21 April 1975.
Notes
- ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 9780199540877
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
- ^ Diocesan History
Anglican Communion titles Preceded by
Percival William GibsonBishop of Jamaica
1968 – 1975Succeeded by
Herbert Da Costa EdmondsonBishops of Jamaica Christopher Lipscomb • Aubrey Spencer • Reginald Courtenay • William Tozer • Enos Nuttall • George de Carteret • William Hardie • Basil Dale • Percival Gibson • Cyril Swaby • Herbert Edmondson • Neville De Souza • Alfred Reid
Church in the Province of the West Indies Anglican Diocese of the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands • Anglican Diocese of Barbados • Anglican Diocese of Belize • Anglican Diocese of Guyana • Anglican Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands • Anglican Diocese of North East Caribbean and Aruba • Anglican Diocese ofTrinidad and Tobago • Anglican Diocese of Windward Islands •
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