A press release from the Chancery Office, Diocese of Bridgetown, Barbados, last Tuesday, announced that the Holy See had officially accepted the resignation of Most Rev Malcolm Galt, CSSp, as bishop of Bridgetown , Barbados , with effect from May 31, 2005 . This news was released to the Catholic community in Barbados on the same day.
The Holy See appointed Bishop Robert Rivas, OP, of the diocese of Kingstown , St Vincent and the Grenadines , as Apostolic Administrator of the diocese of Bridgetown pending the appointment of a bishop of Bridgetown.
The Apostolic Administrator appointed Fr Harcourt Blackett as his delegate. The Delegate is the resident representative of the Apostolic Administrator in the day-to-day administration of the diocese. |