Name David Bentley Died 1970 | Role Bishop of Barbados Education University of London | |
David Williams Bentley (1882–1970) was the 7th Bishop of Barbados. Educated at the University of Cambridge, the University of London and St Cuthbert's Society in the University of Durham, he was ordained Deacon in 1906 and Priest a year later.
His first posts were curacies in Barrow and Bethnal Green followed by a spell as Vicar of St James Plaistow.
At St Cuthbert's Society, where he served as President in 1910, he established a reputation as a scholar, a dedicated oarsman and a committed and proselytising socialist, having acquired his socialism in the slums of Barrow-in-Furness while serving as curate.
In 1917 he emigrated to the Caribbean where he was Warden of St Peter’s College, Jamaica until his elevation to the Episcopate.
“A forceful and lovely preacher, Dr Bentley always received a warm welcome at all the Parishes which he visited...”.