Cyril Swaby

John Cyril Emerson Swaby CBE (11 December 1905 – 21 April 1974) was an Anglican Bishop of Jamaica in the 20th century.

He was born on 11 December 1905 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

1. “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
2. Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
3. "Diocesan History". Archived from the original on 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2009-06-07.

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Percival Gibson	Bishop of Jamaica 1968–1974	Succeeded by Herbert Edmondson