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He was bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Jamaica [1] as its bishop starting in 2024, [2] and he became Archbishop of the West Indies in 2019 before retiring from both posts on December 31, 2024. Gregory was educated at the University of the West Indies. He was ordained a deacon in 1973, priest in 1974. [3] Gregory was the chaplain of his old ...
This is a list of newspapers in Jamaica: Daily Star [ 1 ] The Daily Gleaner , the oldest Jamaican daily published by Gleaner Company , founded in 1834, oldest continually published, English language newspaper in the Western Hemisphere [ 2 ]
The West Indies became a self-governing province in 1883 because of the Church of England missions in territories that became British colonies. [clarification needed] It is made up of two mainland dioceses and six island dioceses, including Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, the Bahamas, the North-Eastern Caribbean and Aruba, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Windward Islands.
The Bahamas became a separate Diocese (as the Diocese of Nassau) in 1861 and British Honduras in 1891. In 2001, the title of the Diocese of Jamaica was extended to include ‘and the Cayman Islands’ to recognise the growth of the Anglican Church in those islands, which had become part of the diocese of Jamaica in the 1960s. [4]
On October 8, 1984, the Seaga government made the Jamaica Press (JAMPRESS) News Agency, which had been suspended since 1980, its official news outlet. JAMPRESS replaced the news-gathering function of the Jamaica Information Service (JIS) and the print news and photography functions of the JIS were turned over to JAMPRESS.
The parishes of Jamaica are the main units of local government in Jamaica. They were created following the English settlement of Jamaica in 1655. This administrative structure for the Colony of Jamaica developed slowly. However, since 1 May 1867, Jamaica has been divided into the current fourteen parishes. These were retained after independence ...
Its area is the majority of Jamaica, including its capital, Kingston. [1] the ecclesiastical province has three suffragan dioceses: Belize City-Belmopan, Mandeville and Montego Bay, as well as the Mission Sui Iuris of Cayman Islands. [1] [2] They and the archdiocese are members of the Antilles Episcopal Conference. [1]
After receiving his doctorate in 1998, Allen returned to Jamaica, where he became the President of the Central Jamaica Conference, and in 2000, the President of the West Indies Union of Seventh-day Adventists. [4] [1] [5] In 2005, he was elected to a second five-year term. [6]