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George de Carteret

1886 – 1932

Bishop of Jamaica; British Anglican colonial bishop

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Lived 1886 – 1932 (aged 45–46). George de Carteret was an anglican priest.

George Frederick Cecil de Carteret (1886 – 3 January 1932) was an Anglican cleric, and the long-serving Bishop of Jamaica from 1916 until 1931.

He was educated at Wadham College, Oxford and ordained in 1889. His first posts were curacies at Canterbury, Tulse Hill, and Cheltenham. Later he held incumbencies at St Paul's, Southwark and Christ Church, East Greenwich.

In 1913 he was appointed Assistant Bishop of Jamaica before unanimous election to be its diocesan bishop three years later. He was consecrated a bishop on 18 October 1913 by Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Southwark Cathedral.

He resigned the See of Jamaica effective 21 March 1931 and returned to England, but he was very ill, and (having become a Doctor of Divinity (DD)) he died in convalescence in Canterbury on 3 January, not having been able to take up the Leicester appointment.

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1886
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Wadham College
Also known as
George Frederick Cecil de Carteret

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Who was George de Carteret?

Bishop of Jamaica; British Anglican colonial bishop

When was George de Carteret born?

George de Carteret was born in 1886.

When did George de Carteret die?

George de Carteret died on 3 January 1932.

What was George de Carteret's occupation?

George de Carteret was an anglican priest.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: George de Carteret

· Wikidata: Q5546684

· DBpedia: Cecil de Carteret

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