Percival Gibson Explained

Type:bishop
Honorific Prefix:Right Reverend
Percival William Gibson
Bishop of Jamaica
Church:Church of England
Diocese:Jamaica
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Term:19551967
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Predecessor:Basil Montague Dale
Successor:John Cyril Emerson Swaby
Ordination:1918
Birth Date:15 September 1893
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Nationality:Jamaican
Religion:Anglican
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Education:St. George's College, Jamaica
Alma Mater:London University

Percival William Gibson [1] (15 September 1893[2] – 3 April 1970) was the Anglican Bishop of Jamaica from 1955[3] until 1967.[4]

He was educated at St. George's College[5] and London University[6] and ordained in 1918. His first posts were curacies at Golden Grove, Jamaica and St George's, Kingston.[7] Later he was headmaster of Kingston College, Jamaica[8] before elevation to the episcopate as suffragan bishop of Kingston in 1947.[9] After eight years he was promoted to be its diocesan and served until 1967. He founded the Glenmuir High School and opened the doors to the school on 15 September 1958 to 55 boys and girls.[10]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/issues/42051/supplements/3995/page.pdf London Gazette
  2. Web site: Four indigenous leaders . 2009-06-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927000605/http://igitur-archive.library.uu.nl/dissertations/01872495/chapter4.pdf . 2011-09-27 . dead .
  3. http://archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk:8080/Archives/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqSearch=(RefNo=='Fisher/1-271/165-182/174/229-33') National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
  4. Bishop Of Jamaica To Retire The Times Monday, Jan 23, 1967; pg. 12; Issue 56846; col G
  5. Web site: Hall of Fame . St. George's College . https://web.archive.org/web/20090703072730/http://www.stgcfl.com/HOF/hof.html . 2009-07-03 .
  6. [Who's Who (UK)|“Who was Who”]
  7. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
  8. http://www.dioceseny.org/pages/27-bishop-taylor Testimony of former pupil
  9. http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20030212/news/news8.html Jamaica Gleaner
  10. glenmuirhighschoolstudenthandbook