Diocese of Guyana

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The Anglican Diocese of Guyana is one of eight within the Province of the West Indies.^[1] Its cathedral is St. George's Cathedral, Georgetown. The diocese came into being on 24 August 1842, when William Piercy Austin was consecrated as the first bishop.

The current bishop is the Rt Rev Cornell Jerome Moss.

In a 2002 census, about 7% of Guyanese described themselves as Anglican.

References

v t e Bishops of Guyana

William Austin Proctor Swaby Edward Parry Oswald Parry Alan Knight Randolph George Cornell Moss

v t e Religion in South America

Sovereign states	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela

Dependencies and other territories	Falkland Islands French Guiana South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

v t e Churches in the Anglican Communion

Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia Australia Bangladesh Brazil Burundi Canada Central Africa Central America Congo England Hong Kong and Macao India, North India, South Indian Ocean Ireland Japan Jerusalem and the Middle East Kenya Korea Melanesia Mexico Myanmar (Burma) Nigeria Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines Rwanda Scotland South East Asia Southern Africa Southern Cone South Sudan and Sudan Tanzania Uganda USA Wales West Africa West Indies

Extra-provincial churches	Bermuda Ceylon (Sri Lanka) Cuba Falkland Islands Portugal Spain

Churches in full communion	Mar Thoma Syrian Church Union of Utrecht Philippine Independent Church Porvoo Communion

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