Sydney Anicetus Charles

Sydney Anicetus Charles CBE (born April 17, 1926 in St. Joseph (Trinidad and Tobago) , † September 4, 2018 ) was Bishop of Saint George's in Grenada .

Life

Sydney Anicetus Charles attended high school (St. Mary's College) in Port of Spain . After the exams ( A-Levels ) in 1944 he worked in Tunapuna in the local office of the British colonial administration. In 1947 he joined the Benedictine Abbey of Mount St. Benedict in Tunapuna a seminary of the Archdiocese of Port of Spain and studied philosophy and theology . He was ordained a priest on March 7, 1954 .

From 1954 to 1960 Sydney Charles was chaplain in San Juan , Arima and Chaguanas . From 1960 to 1971 he was pastor in Carapichaima and Arima. Archbishop Gordon Anthony Pantin CSSp appointed him Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Port of Spain in 1971 .

Pope Paul VI appointed him bishop of Saint George's in Grenada on November 18, 1974 . Archbishop Gordon Anthony Pantin donated him episcopal ordination on January 26, 1975 ; Co- consecrators were Patrick Webster OSB , Archbishop of Castries , and Benedict Singh , Bishop of Georgetown .

On July 10, 2002, Pope John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation.

Sydney Anicetus Charles died on September 4, 2018. He was buried in the crypt of the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Saint George's.

Web links

• Entry for Sydney Anicetus Charles on catholic-hierarchy.org

Individual evidence

1. ^ Death of Bishop Emeritus Sydney Anicetus Charles. In: nowgrenada.com. Retrieved May 9, 2018 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Bishop "Syd" RIP "Fourth to be ordained ..." . In: Catholic News (Port of Spain), No. 6582 of 23 September 2018, p. 12.
3. ^ ^{A b} Bishop "Syd" RIP Priestly Service in T&T, Grenada . In: Catholic News (Port of Spain), No. 6582 of 23 September 2018, p. 13.
4. ^ Catholic News (Port of Spain), December 30, 2018, p. 7.

predecessor	Office	successor
Patrick Webster OSB	Bishop of Saint George's in Grenada 1974–2002	Vincent Matthew Darius OP