Kenneth Richards (bishop)

Kenneth David Oswin Richards (born August 16, 1958) is a Jamaican prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica since 2016.^[2]

Kenneth David Oswin Richards, was born in Linstead, St Catherine, Jamaica. He is the oldest of seven children. When he was about 10 years old, he was converted to Catholicism.^[3]

Having completed his studies at St. Michael's Seminary in Kingston, he was ordained in 1985. He first served as Associate Pastor at Holy Cross Church in Half-Way-Tree, then as Pastor of St Benedict's Church, Harbour View, and later as Pastor of St. Patrick's Church, Waterhouse; St. Jude, Newark Avenue & Christ the Redeemer, Seaview Gardens. In 2006, he earned a Licentiate of Sacred Theology from the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C.^[4] He was appointed Archdiocesan Director of Vocations, before becoming Rector of The Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity where he managed its restoration in time for its 100th anniversary in 2011.^[5]

In 2009, Father Richards was conferred with the title of Monsignor, and in December 2011, Pope Benedict XVI appointed him as Bishop of St John's-Basseterre with pastoral responsibility for Antigua & Barbuda, St Kitts & Nevis and the three British dependent territories of Anguilla, Montserrat and the British Virgin Islands – a post which he held until his appointment as Archbishop of Kingston in 2016.^[6]

1. https://www.kingstonarchdioceseja.org/archbishop-of-kingston
2. https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/brichk.html