Sunday ceremony marks 400 years at St Mary’s Church

Jonathan Bell, Assistant News Editor

Created: Oct 02, 2026 04:02 PM (Updated: Oct 02, 2026 04:02 PM)

The Most Reverend Philip Wright, Archbishop of the Province of the West Indies, Primate, Metropolitan and Bishop of Belize, is welcomed by Reverend Carl Williams as he arrives for the 400th anniversary of St Mary’s Anglican Church in Warwick (Photograph by Akil Simmons)

The island has welcomed a special guest as St Mary the Virgin Anglican Church in Warwick commemorates its 400th anniversary.

The Most Reverend Philip Wright, Archbishop of the Province of the West Indies and Bishop of Belize, is to preach at a church rededication service this Sunday.

Archbishop Wright arrived on Tuesday accompanied by his wife, Carla. They were greeted at LF Wade International Airport by the Right Reverend Nicholas Dill, Anglican Bishop of Bermuda, with the Reverend Carl Williams, priest-in-charge of St Mary’s.

The church leaders were also welcomed to a courtesy visit of the Cabinet Office by David Burt, the Premier.

Archbishop Wright, visiting Bermuda for the first time, told The Royal Gazette: “It’s a great privilege to be invited to be part of such a significant and historic occasion.

David Burt, the Premier, at Cabinet with the Most Reverend Philip Wright, Archbishop of the Province of the West Indies and Bishop of Belize, centre, with Carla, his wife, and the Reverend Carl Williams of St Mary's Church, left, and the Right Reverend Nicholas Dill, Anglican Bishop of Bermuda, right (Photograph supplied)

“I will be preaching a service marking the anniversary and on Monday and Tuesday I will spend time with the clergy of the diocese — two things I am very much looking forward to.”

He called the island “a lovely place”, adding: “Sometimes we might not want to describe Bermuda as part of the Caribbean, but there is enough here to resonate with my knowledge of the Caribbean as well as things that are uniquely Bermudian.”