Joseph Hennis was born in Anguilla, educated at Codrington College, and ordained as a priest on December 14, 1958.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30 p144 London: Oxford University Press, 1929 As such, he became the first Anguillan to be ordained to the Anglican ministry. He was Curate at St Anthony, Montserrat then held incumbencies at St George, Montserrat; All Saints, Antigua; and St Mary's, Barbados. Canon Hennis studied at Huron College, Canada in 1963
