Neville Neil

17°57′53″N 77°30′27″W / 17.9647109°N 77.5075686°W / 17.9647109; -77.5075686NationalityJamaicanOccupationBishopKnown forJamaican bishop of the Moravian Church (1983).

Neville Sylvester Neil (17 March 1917 – 22 May 2009) was a bishop of the Moravian Church in Jamaica.^[1]

Biography

Bishop Neil was born in Dunder Hill, a village in St Elizabeth, Jamaica.^[1] He attended school first at Lititz Elementary School and then St Andrew Tutorial College.^[1] His theological training was at St Colme's (then in Kingston), from where he graduated in 1944.^[2]

He served the Moravian Church in Jamaica for more than 50 years, first as a clergy man and from 1983 as a bishop.^[1] He retired in 1993.^[2] The congregations for which he was responsible during those years include Redeemer and New Beulah.^[3]

He was married with children, one of whom is also a Moravian Church clergyman.^[1]

Bishop Neil is buried at Bethabara Moravian Church (aerial view).^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Obituary of Neville Neil, Jamaica Weekly Gleaner, p. 32, 27 July 2009 – 2 August 2009.
^ ^a ^b Edmund Davis, "The History of Theological Education in Jamaica: The United Theological College of the West Indies and Its Four Antecedent Colleges (1841–1966)", 1 September 1998.
^ A home in need, Rhoma Tomlinson, Jamaica Observer, 5 July 2009.