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PHOTO FLASHBACK: Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev and Rt Hon Dr Robert Runcie's visit to Jamaica, March 1984.

Published:Friday | March 18, 2022 | 5:48 AMA Digital Integration & Marketing production
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The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev, and Right Hon Dr Robert Runcie, King's House on March 17, 1984, presenting Governor General Sir Florizel Glasspole with a paperweight bearing a picture of the archbishop's official residences at Lambeth Palace, on the south bank of the Thames, England. Mr Terry Waite, Dr Runcie's personal assistant, is at left.
The Archbishop of Canterbury greeting Prime Minister Edward Seaga and Mrs Seaga, at the Evensong service at the Kingston Parish Church on Sunday, March 18, 1984.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev and Rt Hon Dr Robert Runcie (left), received the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the Chancellor of the University of the West Indies. Sir Allen Lewis, on Saturday, March 17, 1984, at the university's Mona campus. The function was one of the highlights of Runcie's four-day visit to Jamaica, which ended on March 19.
On the final day of his historic visit to Jamaica, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev and Rt Hon Dr Robert Runcie paid a farewell call on Prime Minister Edward Seaga and exchanged views on matters of mutual interest. The Lord Bishop of Jamaica, the Rt Rev Neville DeSouza (left), accompanied the Anglican primate to the meeting at Jamaica House, which was Dr Runcie's last official engagement in the island before leaving for Antigua in continuation of his tour of the Anglican Province of the West Indies.
Members of the congregation who attended the celebration of the Holy Eucharist at the St James Cathedral, Spanish Town, on Sunday morning, March 17, 1984, greet the Archbishop of Canterbury after the service.
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Dr Runcie, the archbishop of Canterbury, and members of his team arrived on the island for a four-day visit. Runcie had several engagements in the short space of time, as he wanted spread the message the unity to as many as he could.

 

 

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