Former Bishop Of Barbados and Archbishop Of The West Indies
Dip.Th (Cod.Col.), BA (UWI), S.T.M (Univ. of the South), Ph.D (Lon.) LL.D (Hon) UWI
Marital Status: Married
Children: One son
Positions Held
1977-1981: Tutor in Biblical Studies, specializing in Old Testament Studies at Codrington College Visiting Lecturer in Religious Studies, Erdiston Teacher Training College Barbados
1984-1993: Lecturer in Old Testament Studies, Codrington College
1984-1990: Lecturer in Biblical Studies, Lay Training Programme - The Diocese of Barbados
1985-2000: Visiting lecturer, General Education Department - The Barbados Community College, teaching Sociology and 'Ethics and Citizenship' that included sessions on medical issues such as Abortion, Contraception, and Euthanasia
Sept. 1985 - 2000: Lecturer in Biblical Studies and Co-ordinator of the Diploma in Theology (Saturday) programme, Codrington College
1985 - 1992: Taught a course on the Bible and Religious Studies to Primary school teachers pursuing the Licentiate of the College of Preceptors (UK) in Religious Studies
Mar. 20 - May 18,1988: Visiting Sabbatical Professor, General Theological Seminary NewYork. Taught a Course on the Old Testament Prophets
April 6 - 8, 1988: Visiting Scholar, The Religious Study Group, University Centre Georgia. Delivered four lectures.
Sept. - Dec. 1988: Acting Principal, Codrington College
Sept.1992 – 1994: Chaired for Ministry of Education, a committee revising the Religious and Moral Education syllabus for the primary schools of Barbados
Sept. 1993 – 1999: Senior Lecturer, Codrington College
May 1996, 97, 98: Lectured on the topic 'Religion in the Post-Colonial Caribbean' To students in the (Barbados) Summer programme of Bucknell University
Sept. 1999 - July 2000: Deputy Principal, Codrington College, with responsibility for the Spiritual and Priestly formation of Ordinands
March 2000 - 2018: Bishop of Barbados
Dec. 2009 – 2018: Archbishop of the West Indies
Selected Publications
1977-1981: Tutor in Biblical Studies, specializing in Old Testament Studies at Codrington College
1994: 'The Challenge of Orthodoxy: The Charismatics' Enterprise of the Indies II. Caribbean Endeavour and Expression Vol. 15 No. 10-11 (1994) p.56 (Trinidad: Trinidad and Tobago Institute of the West Indies)
'Some Deuteronomic Themes in a Caribbean Perspective' CJRS 14 (1994) 4-26 The Intertestamental Period Old Testament Introduction 4 TEF 31 (London: SPCK) ‘Some Useful Biblical Models’ Ministry in Caribbean Perspective Anglican Voices. Contemporary Perspectives on Anglican Ministry From the Worldwide Communication (New York: Anglican Office, UN) pp.5-27
1998: 'Religious Trends in Barbados during the Last Sixty Years' Journal of the Barbados Museum and Historical Society-Vol.XLII (1994-95) 58-65.
1999: Biblical reflections on the book of Hosea prepared for IBRA (London)
2000: ‘Is this the Word of the Lord? In Search of Biblical Theology and hermeneutics, the Eastern Caribbean’ Religion, Culture and Tradition in the Caribbean, Gossai and Murrell (eds) (New York: St. Martin Press) 119-142
2004 – The Bible in the Anglican Tradition – The Bible and Human Sexuality A study of two critical areas of Pastoral Concern (Diocese of Barbados)
2008 - ‘Sexuality in the Old Testament’ The Anglican Communion and Homosexuality -Phil Groves (ed) (London: SPCK, 2008) pp109-132
2009 - ‘Joel’ The Africana Bible. Reading Israel’s Scriptures From Africa and the African Diaspora - Hugh Page (Gen.Ed.) (Minneapolis: Fortress, 2010) pp.169-171
2011 – ‘The Role of Theology in a Post-Modern World’ JITC Vol.12 (2011) 69-94
2016 – ‘Religion in Barbados 1966 – 2016’ Barbados Fifty Years of Independence Ed. Trevor Carmichael (Kingston: Ian Randle Publishers) pp.155-182
