{"id":4947,"date":"2016-03-18T09:34:37","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T14:34:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/?p=4947"},"modified":"2016-03-18T18:13:19","modified_gmt":"2016-03-18T23:13:19","slug":"historic-church-for-146th-synod-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/historic-church-for-146th-synod-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Church for 146th Synod Service"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bishops of the Province of the West Indies with the newly consecrated Bishop of Montego Bay, November 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The St James Parish Church, venue for the Opening Service of this year\u2019s 146th<\/sup> Diocesan Synod, is one of the most historic churches in Jamaica, dating back to May 6, 1775 when its foundation stone was laid.\u00a0 It apparently replaced an older church, as the Baptismal Registers include entries from 1771.<\/p>\n

In 1774, the Parish of St. James was described as \u201cthe most thriving district of the island\u201d and. no doubt, the Vestry felt that its capital city deserved a parish church which reflected its prosperous status, and therefore, began to make plans for a new building. The first service in the new church was held on Christmas Day, 1782.<\/p>\n

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Consecration of the Bishop of Montego Bay, The Rt. Rev. Leon Golding, November 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The building is Georgian in style, built of white limestone, and it is in the shape of a Greek cross \u2013 it has four equal aisles \u2013 with a tower in the west.\u00a0 The Church houses many beautiful monuments and many of them were produced by the famous British sculptor, John Bacon.\u00a0 Perhaps the best known is the memorial to Mrs. Rosa Palmer of Rose Hall, commissioned by her widower, the Hon John Palmer, in 1794.<\/p>\n

The St. James Parish Church has suffered many misfortunes over the years. In the early 20th<\/sup> century, fire did significant damage to the building, but the most serious loss was caused by the earthquake of March 1957.\u00a0 The Church was virtually rebuilt and to the same design. The rededication ceremony was held on September 23, 1959.<\/p>\n

Apart from Synod Services, the St. James Parish Church has hosted several important Diocesan events. These include the consecration of the Suffragan Bishops of Montego Bay, the last one being the Rt. Rev. Leon Golding on November 16, 2012.\u00a0 A few days prior to that, it was also the venue for the Opening Service of the 38th<\/sup> Triennial Provincial Synod.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The St James Parish Church, venue for the Opening Service of this year\u2019s 146th Diocesan Synod, is one of the most historic churches in Jamaica, dating back to May 6, 1775 when its foundation stone was laid.\u00a0 It apparently replaced an older church, as the Baptismal Registers include entries from 1771. In 1774, the Parish…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":610,"featured_media":4949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4947","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","ctfw-has-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4947","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/610"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4947"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4947\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4954,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4947\/revisions\/4954"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}