The Most Reverend Drexel Gomez |
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Archbishop Emeritus of the Church in the Province of the West Indies & Bishop of Nassau & The Bahamas, & The Turks & Caicos Islands, Primate Emeritus of the West Indies |
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Church | Church in the Province of the West Indies |
See | Nassau |
In office | 1998–2009 |
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Ordination | 1959 |
Consecration | 1972 |
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Born | 24 January 1937 |
Previous post | Bishop of Barbados |
Drexel Wellington Gomez (born 24 January 1937) is a Bahamian Anglican bishop.
Gomez was born on the Berry Islands in the Bahamas. He graduated from St Chad's College, Durham University, in 1959. He was enthroned and consecrated as Lord Bishop of Barbados in the Cathedral Church of St. Michael on 25 June 1972 and then in 1997 was elected the Bishop of the Bahamas and the Turks & Caicos Islands.
He was elected Archbishop and Primate of the Province of the West Indies in 1998. His full title became His Grace the Most Reverend Drexel Wellington Gomez, Lord Archbishop, Metropolitan and Primate of the Church of the West Indies & Bishop of the Diocese Of Nassau & The Bahamas (Including the Turks & Caicos Islands).
Along with Archbishop Peter Akinola, Anglican Primate of Nigeria, Gomez was a leading opponent of the ordination of practising homosexuals as Anglican clergy, an issue that escalated into a crisis for the Anglican Communion following the consecration of an openly non-celibate gay priest, Gene Robinson, as the Bishop of New Hampshire in the United States in 2003.