From The Bahamas-
ON SATURDAY, the city of Nassau and the Anglican Diocese celebrated their 150th anniversary -- one as a city, the other as a cathedral. The status of the two was established from the same letters patent issued from Westminster in the reign of Queen Victoria. The date - November 4, 1861.
It was on that date that Christ Church parish of the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands were created as a separate diocese with Christ Church Cathedral becoming its cathedral church.
It is recorded that Dr Charles Caulfield was consecrated the first Bishop of Nassau at Lambeth Palace, London, and arrived in Nassau in May, 1862.
"The Letters Patent were proclaimed with much ceremony on the steps of the public buildings by the Provost Marshall, and were read in Christ Church Cathedral in the presence of a large number of parishioners and government officials," according to Anglican church records.
We are told that church and state celebrating their anniversary on the same day this weekend was cause for a lively -- and at times heated -- discussion on one of the morning radio shows yesterday. It is understood that the host of the show was adamant that the church was ill advised to celebrate its anniversary on the same day as the city because of the hallowed tradition of separation of church and state. By so doing, he claimed, it became an Anglican celebration, excluding too many Bahamians of other persuasions.
More here-
http://www.tribune242.com/sports/11082011_CityofNassau_editorial_pg4
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