Proctor Swaby

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William Proctor Swaby FRGS (1844–16 November 1916^[1]) was a colonial Anglican bishop from 1893^[2] until 1916.

Born in Tetney,^[3] Swaby was educated at Durham University^[4] and ordained in 1868.^[5] He held incumbencies at Castletown^[6] and Milfield before being ordained to the episcopate^[7] as Bishop of Guyana.^[8] Translated to Barbados in 1900, he died in post.

Notes

↑ Deaths The Times Tuesday, 21 Nov 1916; pg. 1; Issue 41330; col A
↑ St George’s Cathedral website
↑ Tetney Church Community Project
↑ "Who was Who" 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
↑ The Times, Thursday, 11 Feb 1875; pg. 7; Issue 28236; col G Ecclesiastical Appointments
↑ Land of six peoples
↑ University of Alberta

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by William Piercy Austin	Bishop of Guyana 1893– 1900	Succeeded by Edward Archibald Parry
Preceded by Herbert Bree	Bishop of Barbados 1900–1916	Succeeded by Alfred Pakenham Berkeley

v t e Bishops of Guyana

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

v t e Bishops of Barbados

William Coleridge Thomas Parry John Mitchinson Herbert Bree Proctor Swaby Alfred Berkeley David Bentley James Hughes Gay Mandeville Lewis Evans Drexel Gomez Rufus Brome John Holder

Persondata
Name	Swaby, Proctor
Alternative names
Short description	Bishop of Guyana; Bishop of Barbados
Date of birth	1844
Place of birth
Date of death	16 November 1916
Place of death

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