Back Church in the Province of the West Indies German Église dans la province des Antilles French 西印度群島教省教會 ZH-YUE
 Church in the Province of the West Indies | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Protestant |
| Orientation | Anglican |
| Scripture | Holy Bible |
| Theology | Anglican doctrine |
| Polity | Episcopal |
| Primate | Howard Gregory |
| Territory | Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, the Cayman Islands, the Bahamas, the North-Eastern Caribbean and Aruba, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Windward Islands |
| Official website | https://cpwianglicans.org/ |
The Church in the Province of the West Indies is one of 40 member provinces in the worldwide Anglican Communion.[1] The church comprises eight dioceses spread out over much of the West Indies area.[2] The present position of Archbishop and Primate of the West Indies is held by the current bishop of Jamaica, Howard Gregory. Gregory was elected[3] as the thirteenth Archbishop of the Province by clergy and laity attending the 40th Synod of the CPWI at the Cascadia Hotel, in Port of Spain, Trinidad in May 2019, succeeding John Holder who retired in 2018. Drexel Gomez was the primate before Bishop Holder until 2009. The church is also part of the Global South Fellowship of Anglican Churches.
- ^ Staff writer (2 August 2013). "Archbishop of Canterbury to visit Barbados". CBC. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
One of his primary commitments as Archbishop is to visit each of the Archbishops of the thirty-eight Provinces of the Anglican Communion within his first two years as Archbishop of Canterbury. His visit to Archbishop of the West Indies and Bishop of Barbados, John Holder, is in keeping with this promise. He is expected to discuss matters relating to the Church in the Province of the West Indies.
- ^ "Province of the Church of the West Indies (Anglican) 2021". Retrieved 2021-11-06.
- ^ "Bishop Howard Gregory is the New Archbishop of the West Indies – Diocese of Jamaica & The Cayman Islands". Retrieved 2019-06-25.