Percival Gibson

Right Reverend Percival William Gibson CBE
Bishop of Jamaica
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Jamaica
In office	1955 – 1967
Predecessor	Basil Montague Dale
Successor	John Cyril Emerson Swaby
Orders
Ordination	1918
Personal details
Born	(1893-09-15)15 September 1893
Died	3 April 1970(1970-04-03) (aged 76)
Nationality	Jamaican
Denomination	Anglican
Education	St. George's College, Jamaica
Alma mater	London University

Percival William Gibson CBE[1] (15 September 1893[2] – 3 April 1970) was the Anglican Bishop of Jamaica from 1955[3] until 1967.[4]

He was educated at St. George's College[5] and London University[6] and ordained in 1918. His first posts were curacies at Golden Grove, Jamaica and St George's, Kingston.[7] Later he was headmaster of Kingston College, Jamaica[8] before elevation to the episcopate as suffragan bishop of Kingston in 1947.[9] After eight years he was promoted to be its diocesan and served until 1967. He founded the Glenmuir High School and opened the doors to the school on 15 September 1958 to 55 boys and girls.[10]

References

1. London Gazette
2. "Four indigenous leaders" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2009-06-07.
3. National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives^[permanent dead link‍]
4. Bishop Of Jamaica To Retire The Times Monday, Jan 23, 1967; pg. 12; Issue 56846; col G
5. "Hall of Fame". St. George's College. Archived from the original on 2009-07-03.
6. “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
7. Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
8. Testimony of former pupil Archived 2014-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
9. Jamaica Gleaner Archived 2009-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
10. glenmuirhighschoolstudenthandbook

Church of England titles
Preceded by Basil Montague Dale	Bishop of Jamaica 1955 – 1967	Succeeded by John Cyril Emerson Swaby