Cuthbert Woodroffe

Sir George Cuthbert Manning Woodroffe KBE[1] (known as Cuthbert; 17 May 1918 - 29 November 2012) was a Barbadian Anglican bishop. He was a long serving Anglican Bishop of the Windward Islands from 1969 until 1986; and for the last six of that time Primate of the West Indies.[2]

He was born on 17 May 1921 and educated at Codrington College, Barbados [3] and ordained in 1945.[4] His first post was as a Curate in St Vincent[5] after which he held incumbencies in Barbados.[6] His last appointment before elevation to the Episcopate saw him returning to St Vincent as Sub-Dean of its cathedral.

Notes

  1. ↑ Burkes Peerage
  2. ↑ Anglican Communion
  3. ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  4. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory (86th edition) Lambeth, Church House, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  5. ↑ St Vincent Anglican History Archived 2011-08-29 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. ↑ Diocese of Barbados
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
Harold Grant Pigott		 Bishop of the Windward Islands
1969 – 1986		 Succeeded by
Philip Edward Randolph Elder
Preceded by
Alan John Knight		 Primate of the West Indies
1979 – 1986		 Succeeded by
Orland Ugham Lindsay
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