Percival Gibson


The Right Reverend Percival William Gibson, CBE was the Anglican Bishop of Jamaica from 1955 until 1967.
He was educated at St. George's College and London University and ordained in 1918. His first posts were curacies at Golden Grove, Jamaica and St George's, Kingston. Later he was Headmaster of Kingston College, Jamaica before elevation to the Episcopate as Suffragan Bishop of Kingston in 1947. After eight years he was promoted to be its Diocesan and served until 1967. He founded the Glenmuir high school.He opened the doors to the school on Monday, September 15,1958 to 55 boys and girls.