Oswald Parry

Oswald Hutton Parry was Bishop of Guyana from 1921 until 1936.[1] Born into an eminent ecclesiastical family,[2] he was educated at Charterhouse and Magdalen College, Oxford.[3] After a curacy at St Ignatius, Sunderland[4] he was appointed Head of Archbishop's Mission to the Assyrian Christians. From 1907 until 1921 he was Vicar of All Hallows East India Docks[5] when he ascended to the Colonial Episcopate. A significant author,[6] he died on 28 August 1936.[7]

Notes

1. Diocesan history Archived 2012-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
2. His grandfather was the Rt Rev Thomas Parry the second Bishop of Barbados > “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
3. University Intelligence. Oxford, July 10. (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times Monday, Jul 12, 1897; pg. 11; Issue 35253; col F
4. Time in Sunderland
5. "Parish history". Archived from the original on 2009-09-23. Retrieved 2008-08-18.
6. See “Six Months in a Syrian Monastery: Being the record of a visit to the headquarters of the Syrian church in Mesopotamia, with some account of the Yazidis or devil worshippers of Mosul and El Jilwah, their sacred book “ (London, Horace Cox,1895); “The Pilgrim in Jerusalem (London, SPCK 1920); and “Plain teaching for the preparing of the sacraments” (London, Faith Press, 1932)
7. Bishop Of Guiana Missionary Work (Obituaries) The Times Monday, Aug 31, 1936; pg. 14; Issue 47467; col B

Church of England titles
Preceded by Edward Archibald Parry	Deans of St George's Cathedral, Georgetown[1] 1921 – 1937	Succeeded by William James Hughes
Preceded by Edward Archibald Parry	Bishop of Guyana 1921 – 1937	Succeeded by Alan John Knight

1. From the death of Ernest Sloman in 1918 until Hughes' appointment in 1937 the Bishop combined the two offices