Clive Abdulah

Clive Orminston Abdulah (born 1926)[1] is a retired Bishop of Trinidad who continues to serve the Church as an Assistant Bishop [2] and a member of the Anglican Consultative Council.[3]

Born in Woodbrook, Port of Spain, Trinidad,[4] Abdulah attended Rosary Boys' School and Queen's Royal College, before continuing his education at the Universities of Pennsylvania (BA, 1950) and the Toronto.[1]

He was ordained in 1954 and began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy in Kingston, Jamaica. He was then Rector of Highgate and Rural Dean of St Mary's in the same country before his elevation to the Episcopate. He was the first black bishop of the Anglican church in Trinidad and Tobago and was the first West Indian bishop to serve on the board of directors of the Anglican Centre in Rome, Italy (from 1992 to 1995).[4]

A noted Freemason,[5] Abdulah has spoken out about political deadlock in Trinidad.[6]

Awards

Abdulah's awards include the Hummingbird Medal (Gold)[7] and an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters (DLitt) from the University of the West Indies.[4]

References

1. Google Books — Personalities Caribbean, Volume 4, p. 643 (accessed 14 February 2016).
2. Details of career Archived 2010-09-18 at the Wayback Machine
3. ACC9
4. Mark Fraser, "Honorary degree for Clive Abdulah" Archived 2016-02-22 at the Wayback Machine Trinidad Express, 25 October 2013 (accessed 14 February 2016).
5. Angela Pidduck, "TT Grand Lodge celebrates 50 years", Newsday, 30 March 2008.
6. "MPs urged to behave better", BBC Caribbean News in Brief, 31 March 2008.
7. "Independence awards list 2010" Archived 2016-04-19 at the Wayback Machine, Trinidad Express, 31 August 2010.

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by James Hughes	Bishop of Trinidad 1969–1991	Succeeded by Rawle Douglin