President Dame Sandra Mason joined the Catholic community at the St Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church on Monday for a joyful celebration of the life of Bishop Emeritus the Most Reverend Anthony Hampden Dickson.The first Roman Catholic Bishop of Bridgetown, who died on November 29, at the age of 87, at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital where he was warded after suffering a stroke, was described as an “ambassador for Christ” and a “true prophet” during the mass of thanksgiving.The Jamaican-born clergyman who was ordained in 1962, appointed Bishop in 1975 and resigned in 1995, was also touted as a man who had a passion for the environment and social justice and a golden heart that was always open to the poor.It was also acknowledged that Bishop Dickson was a prophetic figure among the bishops of the Antilles Episcopal Conference (AEC).
