Archbishop Drexel Gomez dies at 88

Prime Minister Mottley pays tribute to the Right Reverend Drexel W. Gomez

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has paid tribute to the former Anglican Bishop of the Barbados Diocese and Archbishop of the Province of the West Indies, the Right Reverend Drexel W. Gomez, who passed away today. She remembered him as a soft-spoken gentleman whose dignity, warmth, and ease of communication drew both young and old alike to him. Here is the Prime Minister’s full statement. Today, I join with Anglicans across Barbados and the Carib…

Statement by Prime Minister Philip Edward Davis, K.C., M.P.On the Passing of Archbishop Drexel Wellington Gomez - Office of the Prime Minister

Today, our nation bids farewell to one of its finest sons of the cloth, His Grace, The Most Reverend Drexel Wellington Gomez. His story begins, as so many great Bahamian stories do, in humble beginnings. Born in the Berry Islands, young Drexel moved to New Providence at the age of seven. It was there, at […] The post Statement by Prime Minister Philip Edward Davis, K.C., M.P.On the Passing of Archbishop Drexel Wellington Gomez appeared first on …

Archbishop Drexel Gomez dies at 88

NASSAU, BAHAMAS – His Grace, the Most Reverend Drexel Wellington Gomez, former Archbishop and Primate of the Church in the Province of the West Indies and one of the Caribbean’s most respected Anglican leaders, died on Tuesday at the age of 88 after a period of illness. Earlier this year, his family confirmed that he had been hospitalized with pneumonia following surgery and diagnosed with stomach cancer. In a statement at the time, they said he…