Reginald Courtenay | |
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Bishop of Jamaica | |
In office 1872–1879 | |
Archdeacon of Middlesex | |
In office 1853-1856 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1813 |
Died | 1906 (aged 92–93) |
Parent |
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Education | Hertford College, Oxford |
Reginald Courtenay DD (1813–1906) [1] was the Anglican Bishop of Jamaica from 1856 until 1879. [2]
He was educated at Tonbridge School and Hertford College, Oxford [3] and ordained in 1841. He was Rector of Thornton Watlass from 1842 to 1853 when he became Archdeacon of Middlesex (Jamaica), a post he held until his 1856 consecration to the episcopate as coadjutor bishop (called Bishop of Kingston) of Jamaica. [4] He automatically succeeded as diocesan Bishop of Jamaica upon Aubrey Spencer's death, 24 February 1872.
Reginald Courtenay | |
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Bishop of Jamaica | |
In office 1872–1879 | |
Archdeacon of Middlesex | |
In office 1853-1856 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 1813 |
Died | 1906 (aged 92–93) |
Parent |
|
Education | Hertford College, Oxford |
Reginald Courtenay DD (1813–1906) [1] was the Anglican Bishop of Jamaica from 1856 until 1879. [2]
He was educated at Tonbridge School and Hertford College, Oxford [3] and ordained in 1841. He was Rector of Thornton Watlass from 1842 to 1853 when he became Archdeacon of Middlesex (Jamaica), a post he held until his 1856 consecration to the episcopate as coadjutor bishop (called Bishop of Kingston) of Jamaica. [4] He automatically succeeded as diocesan Bishop of Jamaica upon Aubrey Spencer's death, 24 February 1872.