Neville Neil | |
Birth Date: | 1917 3, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Dunder Hill, St Elizabeth, Jamaica, British Empire |
Resting Place: | Bethabara Moravian Church |
Nationality: | Jamaican |
Known For: | Jamaican bishop of the Moravian Church (1983). |
Occupation: | Bishop |
Neville Sylvester Neil (17 March 1917 – 22 May 2009) was a bishop of the Moravian Church in Jamaica.[1]
Bishop Neil was born in Dunder Hill, a village in St Elizabeth, Jamaica.[1] He attended school first at Lititz Elementary School and then St Andrew Tutorial College.[1] His theological training was at St Colme's (then in Kingston), from where he graduated in 1944.[2]
He served the Moravian Church in Jamaica for more than 50 years, first as a clergy man and from 1983 as a bishop.[1] He retired in 1993.[2] The congregations for which he was responsible during those years include Redeemer and New Beulah.[3]
He was married with children, one of whom is also a Moravian Church clergyman.[1]
Bishop Neil is buried at Bethabara Moravian Church (aerial view).[1]