Drexel Gomez
Bishop of Barbados (1992-1997) |
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Drexel Wellington Gomez (born 24 January 1937) is a Bahamian
Life and ministry
Gomez was born on the
Gomez was elected
Along with Archbishop Peter Akinola, Anglican Primate of Nigeria, Gomez was a leading opponent of the ordination of non-celibate gay people 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.
In October 2003, Gomez was appointed to the Lambeth Commission on Communion by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams. The commission produced the Report of the Lambeth Commission on Communion (also known as The Windsor Report and the Eames Report), published in October 2004.
In August 2007, Gomez was the main preacher at a service at which several Anglican archbishops consecrated two American priests as bishops despite the opposition of the
Gomez retired as bishop and archbishop in 2009.
Works
Liturgical works
- D. W. Gomez (contributor), A companion to the 1975 experimental rite for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist: prepared for experimental use in the Province of the West Indies / the Provincial Liturgical Commission, the Church in the Province of the West Indies. (1976)
- D. W. Gomez (ed.), True Union in the Body? A contribution to the discussion within the Anglican Communion concerning the public blessing of same-sex unions (Oxford, 2002), p. 3.
References
- ^ The ORDER for the Enthronement of the Right Reverend Drexel Wellington, Lord Bishop of Barbados in the Cathedral Church of St. Michael, Sunday, June 25, 1972. Barbados: Caribbean Graphic Production Limited. 1972.
- Boston Globe. Retrieved 2007-08-31.