Almighty God, we remember this day before you your faithful servant Cornell; and we pray that, having opened to him the gates of larger life, you wilt receive him more and more into your joyful service, that, with all who have faithfully served you in the past, he may share in the eternal victory of Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.  

 

(Collect for the Departed, Book of Common Prayer)

 

Anglican Bishop of Guyana, The Rt. Rev. Cornell Moss died on May 30, after a period of illness in his native Bahamas. There is a report that he died in Florida after undergoing surgery.

He had been suffering from hypertension, diabetes, lung infection and a heart condition. He was in the hospital last year and underwent a heart intervention.

A report from his hospital, last year, said that doctors, during a routine medical check-up, found that his regime of medication was taking its toll on his liver and kidneys.

He underwent a cardiac intervention last year for congestive heart failure. There was an accumulation of fluids around the heart and lungs coupled with the lung infection which had to be drawn out.

The Rt. Rev. Moss had been Bishop of Guyana since December 2009.