Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port of Spain information
Latin Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in the Caribbean
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Port of Spain
Archidioecesis Metropolitae 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
Charles Jason Gordon
Vicar General
Fr. Martin Sirju
Bishops emeritus
Joseph Everard Harris, CSSp Edward Joseph Gilbert, CSsR
Website
Website of the Archdiocese
The Roman CatholicMetropolitan Archdiocese of Port of Spain (Latin: Archidioecesis Metropolitae Portus Hispaniae) is a metropolitan diocese of the Latin Church 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 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.
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