Edward Parry

Who was Edward Parry?

The Rt Rev Edward Archibald Parry was Bishop of Guyana from 1900 until 1921 and Archbishop of the West Indies from 1917 until 1921.

Parry was born into an eminent family, his father was the Rt Revd Edward Parry, Bishop of Dover, and his grandfather was Sir William Parry, Arctic explorer. He was educated at Winchester and Oriel College, Oxford, and ordained in 1884.

After a curacy at St Mary, Acton and a period as Resident Chaplain to the Bishop of Rochester he was Rector of Sundridge and Vicar of St Mark, New Milverton, Leamington before his elevation to the Episcopate. He was nominated Bishop of Guyana in late 1900, and consecrated bishop by the Archbishop of Canterbury in Canterbury Cathedral 28 December 1900. From the death of his cathedral's dean in 1918 onwards, he was additionally dean of said cathedral, an arrangement which continued until 1937.