Donald James Reece

Donald James Reece ( born April 13, 1934 in Kingston, Jamaica ) is a retired Catholic Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica.

Life

Donald James Reece received on 3 January 1971, the ordination.

Pope John Paul II appointed him on 17 July 1981 for the Bishop of Saint- John's - Basseterre. He received his episcopal consecration of the Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica, Samuel Emmanuel Carter SJ, on 8 October of the same year; Were co-consecrators Kelvin Edward Felix, Archbishop of Castries, and Joseph Oliver Bowers SVD, Bishop Emeritus of Saint John's - Basseterre.

On October 12, 2007 Pope Benedict XVI appointed him. appointed Koadjutorerzbischof of Kingston in Jamaica. After the retirement of Lawrence Aloysius Burke, SJ He followed this up on 12 April 2008 by the Office of the Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica.

On 15 April 2011, Benedict XVI accepted. its age-related resignation.

In 2012 he was awarded for his services to education and religion with the Order of Jamaica, the fourth highest medal of Jamaica.