Charles Jason Gordon

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Coat of arms of Charles Jason Gordon (Port of Spain)
Coat of arms of Charles Jason Gordon as Bishop of Bridgetown

Charles Jason Gordon (commonly known as Jason Gordon , born February 24, 1946 in Port of Spain ) is a Trinidadian-Tobagan clergyman and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Port of Spain .

Life

Jason Gordon joined the Living Water Community (LWC) at the age of 21 . He was ordained a priest on March 19, 1991 .

Pope Benedict XVI appointed him on July 8, 2011 Bishop of Bridgetown and Kingstown . The Coadjutor Archbishop of Port of Spain , Joseph Everard Harris CSSp , donated him episcopal ordination on September 21 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were Malcolm Patrick Galt CSSp, Former Bishop of Bridgetown, and Robert Rivas OP , Archbishop of Castries . His inauguration as Bishop of Kingstown took place on September 23 of that year. On December 22, 2015, he renounced the Diocese of Kingstown, for which Pope Francis appointed a successor on the same date. In July 2017, he supported the ecclesiastical alliance for the G20 summit in Hamburg global.erecht.gestalten with a sermon in the ecumenical service in the Church of St. Katharinen.

Pope Francis appointed him Archbishop of Port of Spain on October 19, 2017. The inauguration took place on December 27 of the same year.

coat of arms

Archbishop Gordon's coat of arms in the upper field reminds of Mary , of whom it is said in the Revelation of John that the moon and twelve stars were at her feet ( Revelation 12 : 1  EU ). The lower field shows three mountains, as Columbus saw them on July 31, 1498 and then called the island Trinidad (Spanish: Trinity = Trinity ). The watercourse in between is reminiscent of the Living Water Community , the spiritual community to which it belongs.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Catholic News (Port of Spain), November 5, 2017, p. 8.
  2. ↑ Divine service for G20. Church protest against poverty and over-indebtedness. kirche-hamburg.de, July 8, 2017, accessed October 19, 2017 .
  3. ^ Rinuncia dell'Arcivescovo di Port of Spain (Trinidad e Tobago) e nomina del successore. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , October 19, 2017, accessed October 19, 2017 (Italian).
  4. ^ Catholic News (Port of Spain), December 10, 2017, p. 7.

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predecessor Office successor
Joseph Everard Harris CSSp Archbishop of Port of Spain
since 2017 		---
Malcolm Patrick Galt CSSp Bishop of Bridgetown
2011–2017 		vacant
Robert Rivas OP Bishop of Kingstown
2011-2015 		Gerard County CSSp
personal data
SURNAME Gordon, Charles Jason
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Trinidadian clergyman and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Port of Spain
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Port of Spain