Woodes Rogers
In 1729, with the arrival of Woodes Rogers, the first Royal Governor, the Bahamian church was established by law and came under the episcopal jurisdiction of the Bishop of London. In 1768 a second parish of St John's was created to serve Harbour Island and Eleuthera. When the Diocese of Jamaica was created in 1824, the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands were incorporated into that diocese, becoming in 1844 a separate Archdeaconry.