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Anglican Dean Emeritus Harold Crichlow passed away this morning following a brief illness. He was 90 years old.
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley remembers Dean Emeritus Crichlow as a father figure, a national personality, and a man who knew no fear when it came to his dealings with other mortals.
In a statement, Ms Mottley notes that he was the first black dean of the Cathedral of St Michael and All Angels, and provoked heated discussions and debates for nearly three decades, when he served from 1972 to 2000.
She recalls he held a special place in his sermons for politicians, and kept then Prime Ministers, Errol Barrow and J.M.G.M.. “Tom” Adams and their cabinets on their toes in the 1970s and 80s. For years, his Sunday sermons dominated the front pages of the Monday newspapers, and he is hailed for taking his “bill” to the cane fields during the big debate of the future of sugar in this country.
Dean Emeritus Criclow served as an Independent Senator, Deputy President of the Senate, headmaster of Christ Church High School, a teacher at his alma mater, the Combermere School, and Chaplain of the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies.
He was also awarded the Gold Crown of Merit in 1999 in recognition of his service to religion.
The full statement from Prime Minister Mottley follows:
Anglican Dean Emeritus Harold Crichlow passed away this morning following a brief illness. He was 90 years old.
Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley remembers Dean Emeritus Crichlow as a father figure, a national personality, and a man who knew no fear when it came to his dealings with other mortals.
In a statement, Ms Mottley notes that he was the first black dean of the Cathedral of St Michael and All Angels, and provoked heated discussions and debates for nearly three decades, when he served from 1972 to 2000.
She recalls he held a special place in his sermons for politicians, and kept then Prime Ministers, Errol Barrow and J.M.G.M.. “Tom” Adams and their cabinets on their toes in the 1970s and 80s. For years, his Sunday sermons dominated the front pages of the Monday newspapers, and he is hailed for taking his “bill” to the cane fields during the big debate of the future of sugar in this country.
Dean Emeritus Criclow served as an Independent Senator, Deputy President of the Senate, headmaster of Christ Church High School, a teacher at his alma mater, the Combermere School, and Chaplain of the Mona Campus of the University of the West Indies.
He was also awarded the Gold Crown of Merit in 1999 in recognition of his service to religion.
