Cyril Swaby
John Cyril Emerson Swaby CBE (11 December 1907 – 21 April 1974) was an Anglican Bishop of Jamaica in the 20th century.
He was born on 11 December 1907 and educated at Munro College, Jamaica and Durham University [1] and ordained in 1929.[2] His first post was as a curate at Brown's Town after which he held incumbencies at St Cyprian's Highgate and then St Matthew's Kingston. From 1951 he was Archdeacon of South Middlesex and a decade later was promoted to be suffragan of Bishop of Kingston. After seven years he was promoted to be the diocesan bishop, the Bishop of Jamaica,[3] and served until his death on 21 April 1974.
References
- “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
- "Diocesan History". Archived from the original on 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
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| Preceded by Percival Gibson |
Bishop of Jamaica 1968–1974 |
Succeeded by Herbert Edmondson |
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