Reginald Courtenay (bishop of Jamaica)

The Rt Rev Reginald Courtenay, DD (1813–1906)[1] was the Anglican Bishop of Jamaica from 1856 until 1879.[2]

He was educated at Tonbridge School and Hertford College, Oxford [3] and ordained in 1841. He was Rector of Thornton Watlass from 1842 to 1853 when he became Archdeacon of Middlesex, Jamaica, a post he held until his elevation to the Episcopate as Coadjutor Bishop of Jamaica.[4]

Notes

  1. The Times, Tuesday, Apr 17, 1906; pg. 4; Issue 37996; col E Obituary
  2. History of Theological education in Jamaica
  3. “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  4. The Diocese of Jamaica & The Cayman Islands
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
Aubrey George Spencer
Bishop of Jamaica
1872 1879
Succeeded by
William George Tozer


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