Cayman Islands

 Cayman Islands
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Location of the Cayman Islands
National AssemblyJamaica
Statistics:
Total Population
 -  UN 2021[1] 68,136
Bahá'í pop.
 -  Bahá'í source  
 -  Non-Bahá'í source 517
History:
Firsts
 -  Local Assembly 1968, Georgetown 
How to contact:
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The Cayman Islands is a United Kingdom Overseas Territory located in the Caribbean. It consists of three islands, Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman.

The Bahá'í community of the Islands is administrated by the National Spiritual Assembly of Jamaica.[2][3]

History[edit]

Opening the Cayman Islands to the Bahá'í Faith was a goal of the Nine Year Plan assigned to the National Spiritual Assembly of Jamaica in 1963.[4] By 1965 ten Cayman locals had converted to the Faith through the efforts of Ivan A. Graham, a Jamaican Bahá'í, and established a group called the Regional Bahá'í Council of the Cayman Islands.[5][6]

The first Local Spiritual Assembly in the Cayman Islands was formed in Georgetown in 1968 and it was incorporated in 1973.[7][8] Cayman Brac and Little Cayman were opened to the Faith in the 1980's.[9]

In 1985 the Governor of the Cayman Islands, Peter Lloyd, was presented with The Promise of World Peace by representatives from the Cayman and Jamaican Bahá'í communities.[10] In 1989 the Cayman Islands first Bahá'í Summer School was held and attended by participants from across the Caribbean, the United States, and Canada.[11]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "World Population Prospects 2022". population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  2. ↑ Baha'i News (1983). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 628, Pg(s) 17. View as PDF.
  3. ↑ https://www.caymancompass.com/2017/10/20/bahai-community-plans-celebration-to-mark-founders-200th-birthday/
  4. ↑ Baha'i News (1966). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 419, Pg(s) 1. View as PDF.
  5. ↑ https://www.caymancompass.com/2017/10/20/bahai-community-plans-celebration-to-mark-founders-200th-birthday/
  6. ↑ A Basic Baha'i Chronology, p 369: https://bahai-library.com/pdf/c/cameron_momen_bahai_chronology_original.pdf
  7. ↑ A Basic Baha'i Chronology, p 376: https://bahai-library.com/pdf/c/cameron_momen_bahai_chronology_original.pdf
  8. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1976). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 15 (1968-1973), Pg(s) 218. View as PDF.
  9. ↑ The Bahá’í World, An International Record. (1994). Bahá’í World Centre. Haifa. Volume 19 (1983-1986), Pg(s) 68. View as PDF.
  10. ↑ Baha'i News (1988). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 683, Pg(s) 5. View as PDF.
  11. ↑ Baha'i News (1989). National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá’ís of the United States. No 702, Pg(s) 17. View as PDF.
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