Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port of Spain

Archdiocese of Port of Spain Archidioecesis Portus Hispaniae
Cathedral of Port of Spain
Location
Country	Trinidad and Tobago
Ecclesiastical province	Port of Spain
Statistics
Area	5,128 sq mi (13,280 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 1,310,000 340,000 (26%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	April 30, 1850 (174 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Port of Spain
Patron saint	Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Joseph Everard Harris
Auxiliary Bishops	Robert Anthony Llanos
Bishops emeritus	Edward Joseph Gilbert Archbishop Emeritus
Website
Website of the Archdiocese

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port of Spain (Latin: Archidioecesis Portus Hispaniae) is a metropolitan diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Caribbean. The Archdiocese encompasses the entirety of the former Spanish dependency of Trinidad, including the islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The Archdiocese is the Metropolitan responsible for the suffragan Dioceses of Bridgetown, Georgetown, Paramaribo, Kingstown and Willemstad, and is a member of the Antilles Episcopal Conference.

The diocese of Port of Spain was originally erected as a Vicariate Apostolic in 1818 and elevated to an Archdiocese in April 1830.

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Trinidad and Tobago

Ordinaries

• James Buckley (1819–1828)
• Daniel McDonnell (1828–1844)
• Richard Patrick Smith (1844–1852)
• Vincent Spaccapietra (1855–1859)
• Ferdinand English (1860–1862)
• Joachim-Hyacinthe Gonin, O.P. (1863–1889)
• Patrick Vincent Flood, O.P. (1889–1907)
• John Pius Dowling, O.P. (1909–1940)
• Patrick Finbar Ryan, O.P. (1940–1966)
• Gordon Anthony Pantin, C.S.Sp. (1967–2000)
• Edward Joseph Gilbert, C.Ss.R. (2001–2011)
• Joseph Everard Harris, C.S.Sp (since 2011)

References

• The Archdiocese of Port of Spain official site
• "Archdiocese of Port of Spain". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-27.
• Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Archdiocese of Port of Spain" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.