Archbishop Edward Gilbert has announced the appointment of Fr Jason Gordon as Vicar for Administration of the Archdiocese of Port of Spain.
Fr Gordon will serve under the authority of the Archbishop and Vicar General, and “will have full authority over all departments in the archdiocese”.

He will also have the responsibility “to coordinate the activities of the departments including major projects in the archdiocese”.
Writing in his column in this week’s Catholic News, theArchbishop also announced the establishment of a Council of Vicars comprising the Vicar General, the Regional Episcopal Vicars and the Vicar for Priests, effective immediately.

The new office of Vicar for Administration, said Archbishop Gilbert, was created “with the unanimous support of the Vicar General, the Regional Episcopal Vicars and Vicar for Priests”.

He said, “We all understood (that) someone had to be freed from all other responsibilities to exercise an administrative/coordinating function on a full-time basis.”

Fr Gordon, whose appointment is effective the first Sunday of Advent (December 3), will be succeeded by Msgr Kenneth Spence as Regional Episcopal Vicar for the Northern Vicariate.

Fr Clyde Harvey will take over Fr Gordon’s duties as parish priest of Rosary-St Catherine of Siena-St Martin de Porres Parish (Gonzales).

Archbishop Gilbert also lists several other important appointments and decisions in today’s column.

Archbishop's Column