Diocese of North Eastern Caribbean and Aruba

Anglican Diocese of North Eastern Caribbean and Aruba (DIONECA)
church	Church in the Province of the West Indies
Country	Antigua and Barbuda Dominica France Netherlands St. Kitts and Nevis United Kingdom
bishop	Leroy Errol Brooks
Archdeacons	2 (Antigua, St. Kitts)
Deans	1 (St. John's)
Parishes	27 (as of 2014)
cathedral	Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine in Saint John’s
Website	www.dioneca.org www.bigchurchantigua.com

The Diocese of the North East Caribbean and Aruba  (DIONECA, DNECA, dt. 'Northeast Caribbean and Aruba') is an Anglican diocese of the Church in the Province of the West Indies with its seat in Saint John's on Antigua . It includes 27 parishes in the areas of Anguilla , Antigua and Barbuda , Aruba , Dominica , Montserrat , Saba , Saint-Barthélemy , St Kitts and Nevis . Sint Eustatius and St. Martin / Sint Maarten in the Caribbean , i.e. the northern Lesser Antilles southeast of the archipelago around Puerto Rico, these are the Leeward Islands up to - excluding - Guadeloupe.

history

At the beginning of colonization (documented from 1632), the Caribbean belonged to the diocese of the Bishop of London . However, in 1813 he declared himself not responsible, and as a result, an independent diocese of Barbados was formed in 1824 . In 1842 the diocese was divided and the archdeacon of Antigua was appointed bishop of the North East Caribbean and Aruba. The independent West Indian Church has existed as a member of the Anglican Community since 1883 . In the course of the 19th and 20th centuries, the pastoral care area could also be extended to the non-English overseas territories.

In the Commonwealth of Nations, the role of the diocese was so important that in some of today's states the administrative structure is based on the parishes (former parish districts ).

List of bishops of North East Caribbean and Aruba

Saint John's, cathedral

1. 1842-1857 Daniel Davis
2. 1858-1859 Stephen Rigaud
3. 1860-1895 William Walrond Jackson
4. 1895-1897 Charles James Branch
5. 1897–1905 Herbert Mather
6. 1905–1910 Walter Farrar
7. 1911-1936 Edward Hutson
8. 1937–1943 George Hand
9. 1944-1952 Nathaniel Newnham Davis
10. 1953-1969 Donald Knowles
11. 1970-1998 Orland Lindsay
12. 1998 – today Errol Brooks

organization

Bishopric and deacons

The Valley, St. Mary's Rectory - the current bishop's residence

The diocese's cathedral is the Cathedral and Parish Church of St. John the Divine in Saint John's. There is also the Episcopal Ordinariate ( Diocesan Office ) under an archdeacon with the cathedral chapter and the dean of the cathedral.

The bishop himself officiates at St. Mary's Rectory ( Wallblake House ) in The Valley on Anguilla, where he - unusual for a bishop - also works as a normal pastor.

Another archdeacon is located at St. George's Rectory at Basseterre on St. Kitts.

List of parishes

• Churches column can be sorted according to the rank of the church
• The picture column can be sorted according to the current appearance of the main church

Parish	place	Island / area	Country (ISO code)	since	Patronage of the main church	Churches, branches	image
St. Mary's, St. Agustine's & St. Andrew's	The Valley	Anguilla	UK	?	St. Mary	St. Mary's Rectory ; St. Agustine's ( East End ); St. Andrew's ( Island Harbor )
All Saints & St. Anne's	All saints	Antigua	AG	1840	All Hll. (Nov. 1)	All Saints' Rectory ; St. Anne’s
Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine	St. John's	Antigua	AG	1681 (1st chap. 1681; cath. 1842)	St. John d. Off. (Dec. 27)	St. John's Cathedral ; The Deanery; St. Andrew's; St. James'; Bethel (all St. John's)
St. George's & St. Mark's & St. Francis	Fitches Creek	Antigua	AG	1725 (1st chapter 1687)	St. George (April 23)	St. George's Rectory ; St. Marks ( Piggotts ); St. Francis
St. Luke's, St. Boniface & St. Lucy		Antigua	AG	?	St. Luke (October 18)	St. Luke's; St. Boniface; St. Lucy
St. Mary's, St. Joseph & Our Lady of the Valley	Old Road	Antigua	AG	1681	St. Mary	St. Mary's Rectory ; St. Joseph ( Urlings ); Our Lady ( Valley Church )
St. Paul's & St. Barnabas	Falmouth	Antigua	AG	1681 (1st chapter 1670/75)	St. Paul (June 29)	St. Paul's Rectory ; St. Barnabas (Liberta)
St. Peter's	Cassada Gardens	Antigua	AG	1681 (erb. 1840)	St. Peter (June 29, Peter and Paul )	St. Peter's ( Parham )
St. Philip's	St. Phillips	Antigua	AG	1681	St. Philip ( May 1st)	St. Philip's Rectory
St. Stephen's & St. Bartholomew's	Glanvilles	Antigua	AG	?	St. Stephen ( Dec. 26)	St. Stephen's Rectory; St. Bartholomew’s
Holy Cross	Sint Nicolaas (San Nicholas)	Aruba	NL	?	Holy Cross (Sep 14, finding of the cross)	Holy Cross Rectory
Holy Trinity	Codrington	Barbuda	AG	?	Hl. Trinity ( 1. So n. Pfg. )	Holy Trinity Rectory; Codrington College Theol. Univ.
St. George's Roseau & St. John's Portsmouth	Roseau	Dominica	DM	?	St. George (April 23)	St. George's Rectory St. John's ( Portsmouth )
St. Peter with St. James & John	St. Peters	Montserrat	UK	?	St. Peter (June 29, Peter and Paul )	St. Peter's Rectory St. James & John
St. Georges Gingerland	Market shop	Nevis	KN	before (?) 1716	St. George (April 23)	St. Georges Rectory
St. James' Windward	Camps	Nevis	KN	before (?) 1722		St. James' Windward Rectory Cottle Church ( Newcastle , 1824 )
St. John's Figtree	Church Ground	Nevis	KN	before (?) 1729		St. John's Fig Tree Rectory
St. Paul's Charlestown	Charlestown	Nevis	KN	before (?) 1709	St. Paul (June 29)	St. Paul's Rectory
St. Thomas' Lowland	Cotton Ground	Nevis	KN	before (?) 1709	St. Thomas (Dec. 21)	St. Thomas' Rectory
Christ Church & Holy Trinity	The bottom	Saba Sint Eustatius	NL	(inherited before 1772)	Christ	The Rectory, Christ Church ; Holy Trinity ( Windwardside , 1877 ); St. Mary Magdelene ( Oranjestad , inherited before 1752 )
St. Bartholemy	Gustavia	St. Barthelemy	FR	1855	St. Bartholomew ( August 24)	The Vicarage, St. Bartholomew's
SS Simon and Jude with SS Philip & James & St. Bartholomew	Cul-de-sac	St. Martin : Sint Maarten / Saint-Martin	FR NL	1960s (1st child 1948)	Saints  Simon and Jude (October 28, Simon and Jude )	SS Simon and Jude ( Philipsburg , NL); SS Philip & James ( Marigot , FR, 1953 ); St. Bartholomew
St. Anne's with St. Thomas	Sandy Point	St. Kitts	KN	1625 (St. Thomas, St. Anne: mid 17th century)	St. Anna (July 26th)	St. Anne's Rectory ; St. Thomas ( Middle Island , inherited 1860 )
St. George's with St. Barnabas	Basseterre	St. Kitts	KN	1723 (Saint Barnabas 1639, Saint George; 1st Ki 1672)	St. George (April 23)	St. George's Rectory ; St. Barnabas (Basseterre)
St. Paul's Capisterre with St. John's Capisterre & St. Mary's Dieppe Bay	St. Paul Capisterre	St. Kitts	KN	before (?) 1721 (St.John)	St. Paul (June 29)	St. Paul's Rectory ; St. John's  ; St. Mary’s ( Dieppe Bay )
St. Mary's Cayon with Christ Church	Cayon	St. Kitts	KN	Mid 17th century (both)	St. Mary	St. Mary's Rectory ; Christ Church ( Nicola Town )
St. Peter's with Holy Trinity	St. Peter's	St. Kitts	KN	1630 (Holy Trinity)	St. Peter (June 29, Peter and Paul )	St. Peter's Rectory ; Holy Trinity ( Palmetto Point )

literature

• Olva W. Flax: Know Your Church: A Comprehensive Review of the Anglican Church in the Diocese of the North Eastern Caribbean and Aruba (formerly the Diocese of Antigua) 1678-1990 . Ed .: Church in the Province of the West Indies, Diocese of the North Eastern Caribbean & Aruba. Diocese of the North Eastern Caribbean & Aruba, Antigua 2000, OCLC 49211145 .
• Joan A. Brathwaite (arr.), Christian Action for Development in the Caribbean (ed.): Handbook of churches in the Caribbean. Caribbean Conference of Churches, 1973.
• Andy Gerald Gravette: Architectural heritage of the Caribbean: an A – Z of historic buildings . Ian Randle Publishers, Kingston, Jamaica 2000, ISBN 976-8123-91-5 .
• Anglican servants in the Caribbean, c.1610-c.1740. ( lancaster.ac.uk (PDF) accessed March 10, 2014).
• Donald B Cooper: The establishment of the Anglican Church in the Leeward Islands (=  Monographs in the humanities, social, and biological sciences: Social sciences series . Volume 10 ). Oklahoma State University, Stillwater 1966.

Web links

• Diocese of the North East Caribbean and Aruba. dioneca.org
• Antigua Anglican Church. bigchurchantigua.com
• St. Kitts Anglican Church stkittsanglicanchurch.org

Notes P

1. ↑ Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine ( Memento from July 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (www.bigchurchantigua.com)
2. ↑ St. Paul's & St. Barnabas ( memento of December 9, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), stspaulandbarnabas.org
3. ^ Codrington College ( Memento July 3, 2010 on the Internet Archive ), codrington.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ A Brief History of ... The Church of St. John the Divine ( Memento of November 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), bigchurchantigua.com
2. ^ Bishoprics, etc., in West Indies Act 1842 (5 & 6 Vict. C. 4).
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Diocesan Establishment . dioneca.org, accessed March 10, 2014.
4. ↑ Who's who , stbartholomewsanglicanchurch.com March, accessed 7, 2014.
5. ↑ Good Shepherd ( Sea View Farm ) and St. Anthony's ( Potters ) are Catholic today
6. ↑ St Bartholomew's Anglican Church / L'Eglise Anglicane de St. Barthélémy. stbartholomewsanglicanchurch.com
7. ↑ Anglican Episcopal Churches St. Marteen / St. Martin. angsxm.org