Gordon Anthony Pantin

Gordon Anthony Pantin CSSp (commonly called Anthony Pantin ; born August 27, 1929 in Port of Spain , Trinidad and Tobago , † March 12, 2000 ) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Port of Spain .

Life

Anthony Pantin was the second son of businessman Julian Andrew Pantin and his wife Agnes from Port of Spain. As a student, Anthony first went to Belmont Intermediate School (now Belmont Boys' Secondary Roman Catholic School ) in Port of Spain. Awarded a Government Exhibition , a state scholarship for outstanding achievements, he moved to St. Mary's College in Port of Spain, which is run by the Spiritans . At the age of 17, Anthony Pantin decided to become a priest, following his older brother, Father Gerald Pantin CSSp. He spent only a short time in college and in 1946 moved to the novitiate of the Mission Society of the Holy Spirit under the protection of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Spiritans) in Canada . He graduated from the University of Montreal and graduated in 1949. From 1949 to 1952 he was a teacher at St. Mary's College, his old school. In 1952 he began his theology studies in Dublin and was ordained a religious priest of the Spiritans (CSSp) on July 3, 1955 . He then worked as a missionary in Guadeloupe until 1959 . He then returned to his homeland and taught at Fatima College in Port of Spain until 1964. From 1965 to 1967 he was again active at St. Mary's College.

Pope Paul VI appointed Anthony Pantin on November 29, 1967 Archbishop of Port of Spain. He was the first Trinidadian in this position. He was ordained bishop on March 19, 1968 by Archbishop Marie-Joseph Lemieux OP , the Apostolic Nuncio of Haiti . In assisted Superior General of the Holy Ghost Fathers, Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre CSSp, and the Apostolic Administrator of Port of Spain Bishop William Michael Fitzgerald OP, auxiliary bishop of Port of Spain, as co-consecrators . Pantin was in office for over 32 years and died on March 12, 2000. His grave is in the crypt of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Port of Spain.

Act

During his tenure, Archbishop Pantin founded the Mary Care Center for pregnant unmarried young women. He frequently visited the prisoners on Carrera Island ; the pastoral care of prisoners was very important to him.

From 1979 to 1984 was chairman of Pantin Antilles Episcopal Conference (Antilles Episcopal Conference - AEC).

He ordained Patrick Webster OSB Titular Bishop of Ottocium ( Auxiliary Bishop in Grenada ), Sydney Anicetus Charles as Bishop of Saint George's in Grenada, and Malcom Patrick Galt CSSp as Bishop of Bridgetown , Barbados .

As co-consecrator he assisted in the consecration of:

Aloysius Ferdinandus Zichem CSSR as titular bishop of Fuerteventura (auxiliary bishop in Paramaribo )
Siméon Qualli as Bishop of Basse-Terre
Kelvin Edward Felix as Archbishop of Castries
Osmond Peter Martin as Titular Bishop of Thucca in Mauretania (Auxiliary Bishop in Belize )
Ernest Mesmin Lucien Cabo as Titular Bishop of Bocconia (Auxiliary Bishop in Basse-Terre)
Robert Rivas OP to Bishop of Kingstown

Archbishop Pantin was a participant in the Synod of Bishops' Special Assembly for America (November 16 - December 12, 1997).

Honors

In 2000 Anthony Pantin was posthumously awarded the Trinity Cross , the highest honor in his country at the time.
The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago counts Anthony Pantin among its national idols ( National Icons ).

Web links

Apostolic Succession: Central America [1] , Appointments 1967 [2] , Nekrolog [3] , Conferences [4]
Entry for Gordon Anthony Pantin on catholic-hierarchy.org
Caribbean Catholic Archbishop Gordon Anthony Pantin (English)

Individual evidence

^ Caribbean Catholic: Gordon Anthony Pantin - archbishop of Port of Spain. Retrieved March 23, 2019 .
↑ ^a ^b Wayne Blackman: Memorium to Archbishop Anthony Gordon Pantin , accessed March 23, 2018.
Jump up ↑ St. Mary's College Hall of Fame: Current List of Inductees , accessed March 23, 2018.
^ Rita Pemberton: Historical Dictionary of Trinidad and Tobago . New ed.Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham 2018, ISBN 978-1-5381-1145-1 , pp. 269 .
↑ Adelia Alves: Remembering Archbishop Anthony Pantin, 1929-2000 . In: Catholic News , Port of Spain, March 10, 2019, p. 11.
^ Antilles Episcopal Conference , Past Presidents paragraph , accessed March 23, 2019.
^ Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for America Exc. Rev. Msgr. Gordon Anthony PANTIN, CSSp., Archbishop of Port of Spain
↑ National Icons of The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago , p. 27.

personal data
SURNAME	Pantin, Gordon Anthony
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman Catholic bishop in the West Indies
DATE OF BIRTH	August 27, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH	Port of Spain , Trinidad and Tobago
DATE OF DEATH	March 12, 2000

[1] Caribbean Catholic: Gordon Anthony Pantin - archbishop of Port of Spain. Retrieved March 23, 2019 .

[Fatima_College-2] Wayne Blackman: Memorium to Archbishop Anthony Gordon Pantin , accessed March 23, 2018.

[3] Jump up ↑ St. Mary's College Hall of Fame: Current List of Inductees , accessed March 23, 2018.

[4] Rita Pemberton: Historical Dictionary of Trinidad and Tobago . New ed.Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham 2018, ISBN 978-1-5381-1145-1 , pp. 269 .

[5] Adelia Alves: Remembering Archbishop Anthony Pantin, 1929-2000 . In: Catholic News , Port of Spain, March 10, 2019, p. 11.

[6] Antilles Episcopal Conference , Past Presidents paragraph , accessed March 23, 2019.

[7] Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for America Exc. Rev. Msgr. Gordon Anthony PANTIN, CSSp., Archbishop of Port of Spain

[8] National Icons of The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago , p. 27.