David Bentley (Bishop of Barbados)
David Williams Bentley (1882–1970) was the 7th Bishop of Barbados.[1] Educated at the University of Cambridge, the University of London and St Cuthbert's Society in the University of Durham,[2] he was ordained Deacon in 1906 and Priest a year later.
His first posts were curacies in Barrow and Bethnal Green followed by a spell as Vicar of St James Plaistow.[3]
At St Cuthbert's Society, where he served as President in 1910, he established a reputation as a scholar, a dedicated oarsman and a committed and proselytising socialist, having acquired his socialism in the slums of Barrow-in-Furness while serving as curate.[4]
In 1917 he emigrated to the Caribbean where he was Warden of St Peter’s College, Jamaica[5] until his elevation to the Episcopate.[6]
“A forceful and lovely preacher, Dr Bentley always received a warm welcome at all the Parishes which he visited...”.[7]
Notes
- ↑ Barbadian dignitaries at the Wayback Machine (archived July 30, 2009)
- ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ↑ Parish History
- ↑ Tudor, Henry. St Cuthbert’s Society 1888-1988. The history of a “modest but exciting institution in the University of Durham”, 1988. p.48
- ↑ Now part of UWI
- ↑ The Times, Friday, Apr 22, 1927; pg. 15; Issue 44562; col D Ecclesiastical News. New Bishop Of Barbados
- ↑ Website of the Anglican Diocese of Barbados. http://www.anglican.bb/barbadosbishops/bentley
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| Preceded by Alfred Pakenham Berkeley |
Bishop of Barbados 1930 – 1945 |
Succeeded by William James Hughes |