Background
He was born at Bath Village, Saint John on the island of Barbados and attended the parishes Elementary Mixed School (1953-1958), graduated from the Modern High School and went to Codrington College.
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John Holder
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He graduated from the College in 1975, having obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Theology from the University of the West Indies and a Diploma in Theological Studies of Codrington College.
Career
He is the current Anglican Archbishop of the West Indies and holds the See of Barbados. Ordained deacon in December 1974 it was just nine months later, in September 1975, he was ordained to the priesthood in Saint George’s Cathedral on the island of Saint Vincent where he spent two years as a curate. He returned to his home island of Barbados in 1977 as tutor in Biblical Studies at Codrington College.
Returning to Barbados in 1984, he rejoined the staff of Codrington College now as Lecturer in Old Testament Studies.
Along with his work at Codrington, he performed duties in parishes in the Diocese of Barbados as an Assistant Priest, first at Cathedral Church of Saint Michael and then at Street Augustine’s Church in 1986, before being appointed Priest-in-Charge of this parish from 1989-1990. In the decade between 1990 and 2000 he continued serving as Priest-in-Charge in a number of churches - Street John's Parish Church (1990-1992), Street Mark and Street Catherine (1992-1993), Street Mark (1993-1994), Holy Trinity (1994-1995) and finally Holy Cross (1995-2000).
Then in March 2000 he became the thirteenth Bishop of Barbados after taking up the post from Bishop Doctor Rufus Brome who had then retired.
Achievements
Membership
Later in 2005, whilst a member of the Advisory group to Anglican Observer at the United Nations (2003-2006), for his contribution to Theology in Barbados, he earned the Errol Barrow Award.
