Rufus Brome

[1] Born the son of Leon Brome (1893–1958) and his wife Constance Griffith (1898–1985) in 1935 and educated at Codrington College, he was ordained Deacon in 1961 and Priest a year later.

[3] On 22 July 1992, after his two-hour-long Induction, Enrollment and Enthronement service followed by an hour long Ordination and Consecration on the Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene from 8:00 a.m. at the then newly renovated Cathedral Church of St. Michael he was finally, made its first Black diocesan bishop and head of the then 80,000 member diocese.

planned a very special programme with his choir for all the services which were officiated by the cathedral's Dean and Chapter, with arrangements by then Precentor, Reverend Michael Clarke included ushers from the six main Anglican churches of St. Mary's, St. Paul's, St. Peter's, Holy Trinity, St. Matthias, as well as St. Michael's.

Dr. Henderson L. Brome of the St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church, Boston (Roxbury), MA was invited to speak.

[4] He began his first episcopate the following Sunday evening with an appeal for unity among Christian churches on the island.