The Bahamas - 150th Anniversary the Establishment of the Anglican Diocese and City of Nassau Stamp Issue

Wed, Nov 2nd 2011, 09:12 PM

Sm-BAH-150th-Anniversary-of-Diocese-City-of-Nassau.jpg World Stamp News: Christ Church Cathedral (15c stamp) is the "Mother Church" of the Anglican/Episcopal Diocese of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands. The word 'Anglican' denotes that this church was originally the Church of England which came to the region during the colonial expansion and that this church is the same as the "Episcopal Church" in the United States of America.

The Turks and Caicos Islands, though politically separate, are a part of this Diocese. In 1670, King Charles II granted the colony (of the Bahamas) to the Lord Proprietors of Carolina who were instructed to "build churches and chapels in the furtherance of the Christian Religion". The First church building for the Parish of Christ Church...

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