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The
Roman Catholic Church
Archbishop
of Port of Spain
The Most Reverend Edward Joseph Gilbert, C.
Ss. R
Archbishop's House
27 Maraval Road
St. Clair, Port-of-Spain
Trinidad & Tobago
Tel.: (868) - 622- 1103
Fax: (868) - 622- 1165
Email: abishop@carib-link.net
Archbishop
Gilbert's secretary: Mrs. Maria Affong
Archdiocesan Website: http://www.mariaspes.com/
This
webpage
provides info on all the Trinidad & Tobago
Catholic churches. For example, click on City for
Port-of-Spain, click South for San Fernando and
click North East for Arima.
***If
you are hoping to research any of the Catholic
registers, it is adviseable, in the first instance
to write to the parish priest and follow this up
with contact with the Church Office
Aministrator/Secretary.
Please
make a donation to assist the preservation of the
Catholic vital records.
The
oldest Catholic parishes are:
1688:
San Rafael, San Rafael
1690: St. Vincent Ferrer, Moruga
1756/57: Santa Rosa, Arima
1756/58: Assumption, Toco
1756/58: La Divina Pastora, (Cathedral),
Port-of-Spain
1781: Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Siparia
Conception
1826: St. Francis of Assisi, Erin
1826: St. Peter's, Carenage
1831: St. Peter, Cedros
1832: St. John the Evangelist, Diego Martin
1837: St. Paul, Couva
1840: Sacred Heart, La Brea
1845: Holy Cross, Santa Cruz
1845: Sts. Philip and James, Chaguanas
1846: Our Lady of Lourdes, Maraval
1856: St. Patrick's, Newtown, Port-of-Spain
1861: St. Ann's, Port-of-Spain
1867: Our Lady of the Rosary, Port-of-Spain
1874: Our Lady of Fatima Church, Laventille,
Port-of-Spain
1880: Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Blanchisseuse
1882: Church of the Sacred Heart, Port-of-Spain
1890: St. Michael, Maracas Valley
1891: St. Charles Borromeo, Tunapuna
1892: St. Francis, Sangre Grande
1892: St. Joseph, Scarborough, Tobago
1892: Sacred Heart, Delaford, Tobago
1898: St. Mary's Our Lady Assumed into Heaven, St.
Mary's Village, South Oropouche
1900: St. Mary of the Assumption, Mucurapo,
Port-of-Spain
1902: St. Francis of Assisi, Belmont, Port of
Spain.
Further
information on more recent Catholic parishes can be
found in:
Title:
Parish Beat
Author: Sr. Marie-Thérèse
Rétout, O.P.
Publisher: [Port of Spain, Trinidad :
Inprint Caribbean] 1976.
Archbishop
House Archives
Chancery, Flood Street
Port-of-Spain
Trinidad & Tobago
The
Archives are located in the grounds of Archbishop's
House and hold diocesan documents of various kinds.
Copies of Catholic News can be
consulted.
Baptismal,
Marriage and Burial registers
It has been stated that some old registers from
various outlying parishes have been deposited for
safe keeping in Archbishop House Archives, ie
during improvements to presbyteries, etc. However,
this remains unconfirmed and little is known about
their exact whereabouts within the Archives. Most
Catholic vital records, ie the old baptismal,
marriage and burial registers, including those of
the central Port of Spain churches, are held in the
parish church offices. However, some are
missing.
Vicar
General: Fr. Christian Pereira
(Also Santa Rosa Parish Priest from July 2002)
R.C. Presbytery, Woodford Street, Arima
Tel:. (868) - 667 - 3658
Email address: xtian@cablenett.net
Financial
Administrator: Fr. Garfield Rochard
Archbishop's House
27 Maraval Rd., POS.
Tel/Fax: (868) - 622 - 2691
Email : garoc@carib-link.net
Antilles
Episcopal Conference
9A Gray Street
Port-of-Spain
Trinidad & Tobago
General
Secretary: Fr. Gerry Farfan, C.S.Sp. (General
Secretary)
For Catholic Caribbean Directory 2002
Tel.: (868) - 622 - 2932
Fax: (868) - 622 - 8255
Email: gerryfarf@netscape.net
Website: http://www.catholiccaribbean.org/
Central
Port of Spain Catholic Churches
(Only
a small number are listed here below, so if your
area of interest is not listed, REMEMBER to check:
http://www.mariaspes.com/arch_deaneries.htm)
City
Deanery
1781 Minor Basilica of the Immaculate Conception
(Cathedral)
31 Independence Square
Port-of-Spain
Trinidad & Tobago
Tel.: (868) - 623 - 5232
Fax:
(868) - 625 - 6892
Email: basilica@opus.co.tt
Cathredral
Administrator: Fr. Allan Ventour
Tel: (868) - 623 - 4446
Email: semlib@carib-link.net
Cathedral
Archives
9am
to 4pm, Tuesday to Friday
Secretary: Mrs. Carol Duprey
Assistant: Miss Cythia Major
For
an appointment to visit the archives, telephone to
ascertain whether the archives room is available
for research.
Historical
Note: In the 1860's there was no other church
in Port-of-Spain but the Cathedral of the
Immaculate Conception. Thus, the Cathedral was the
only parish extending as far as Newtown, St. Ann's
and even Maraval. In 1863 the Church of the
Immaculate Conception was the only church in
Port-of-Spain, as it then was, in which marriages
were solemnized.
Up
to about 1930, Rosary, Sacred Heart, and St.
Francis in Belmont were chapels of ease in the
Cathedral parish. The priests in charge of these
chapels were called vicars, and they lived in the
Cathedral presbytery. There was only one parish
priest for the entire town.
Microfilming
of the Cathedral Baptismal Registers (1784 - 1806:
4 Volumes) was undertaken during 1995 - 1996 by the
Microfilming Unit of the University of the West
Indies (UWI) Library, St. Augustine. This resulted
from the initiative of Adrian Camps-Campins, the
Trinidadian artist and designer of historical
Christmas cards with support from Dr. Margaret
Rouse-Jones, the Campus Librarian, and with the
generosity of Robert Boos.
Location
of Printed Copies of Cathedral Baptismal Registers
(1784 - 1806)
1 copy at UWI Library, St. Augustine
1 copy at the Cathedral Archives.
Location
of Microfilms of Cathedral Baptismal Registers
(1784 - 1806)
This is unknown.
Churches
of the City
Deanery
Our
Lady of the Rosary (1867)
14 Park Street
Port-of-Spain
Trinidad & Tobago
Fr.
Reginald (Rex) De Four, C.S.Sp (Parish Priest from
Oct 1999)
He covers St. Martin de Porres, Gonzales as well as
Rosary.
At Rosary on Monday & Tuesday 9am - 11.30am
& Friday 10.30am - 11.30am.
Tel.:
(868) - 623 - 4020
Fax: (868) - 625 - 6352
Email : rrdd28@hotmail.com
(Parish Priest)
Parish
Administrator: Barbara Rajah
Secretary to Parish Priest: Miss Jenny Limchoy
Email: rosary@tntol.com
Website: http://www.tntol.com/rosary
Rosary
Parish Secretary: Miss Margaret Deane
Office: Mon - Fri 9am - 12pm.
The
Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary was erected in
1865 and the foundation stone of "new" church laid
on 4 Sept 1892.
Baptisms
(in Rosary registers) commence in June 1889, but
Rosary, at this time, was still a part of the
Parish of the Immaculate Conception, so it is also
essential to research at the Cathedral Office.
Rosary baptismal registers are held in the Rosary
Church Office.
The
early burial registers may have gone
astray.
Research
info on Rosary Church: Rev. Jason Gordon
Tel.: (868) - 627 - 3207
Email: caliban@trinidad.net
Church
of the Sacred Heart (1882)
21 Richmond St.
Port-of-Spain
Trinidad & Tobago
This
church was originally built for English speaking
Catholics and, at present, is served from the
Cathedral. (As above)
Sacred
Heart records are now being permanently kept at the
Cathedral.
St.
Patrick's Catholic Church (1856)
Picton Street
Newtown
Port-of-Spain
Trinidad & Tobago
The
Catholic parish of Newtown began in 1856. Official
records of the parish began with a baptism in
August 1856, signed by the first parish
priest.
Rev.
Fr. Hugh Joyeau
Tel.: (868) - 622 - 1703
Fax: Use Cathedral fax
Office:
8am - 12pm Mon - Fri
Mrs. Angela Joseph: Parish Secretary
Email (Parish Secretary): amjoseph40@hotmail.com
St.
Ann`s R.C. Church (1861)
R.C. Presbytery
St. Ann`s Avenue
St. Ann`s, Port-of-Spain
Trinidad & Tobago
Previous
to 1861 St. Ann`s was part of the parish of the
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. In 1861 the
first parish priest was appointed.
Rev.
Fr. Godfrey Stoute
Tel.: (868) - 624 - 1426
No Email address (use Cathedral email:
basilica@cablenett.net)
Office:
Tues and Thurs only 3.30pm - 5.30pm.
St
Francis of Assisi Church (1902)
R.C. Presbytery
146 Belmont Circular Rd.
Port-of-Spain
Trinidad & Tobago
Tel.:
(868) - 624 - 7923
Rev. Fr. Michael Hayden, O.P.
Email: mhayden@tstt.net.tt
Our
Lady of Lourdes (1846)
R.C. Presbytery
Saddle Rd.
Maraval
Trinidad & Tobago
Tel/Fax:
(868) - 629 - 2193
Email: kdelpar@wow.net
Parish
Priest: Rev. Fr. Kevin de Loughry, O.P. (Parish
Priest)
Secretary: Mrs. Annette Daisles
Acting
Secretary: Sister Esther Maharaj
Office: Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 9am - 12pm Closed Wed
am
Tues, Wed, Fri 4pm - 5.30pm
Churches
of the Suburban Deanery
St.
Joseph (1592 - 1593)
R.C. Presbytery
King Street
St. Joseph
Trinidad & Tobago
Tel:.
(868) - 662 - 2827
Fax: (868) - 662 - 6478
Rev.
Fr. Carlyle Fortune, O.P. (Parish Priest)
Email: goodluck@cablenett.net
St.
John the Baptist (1687)
R.C. Presbytery
San Juan
Trinidad & Tobago
Rev.
Fr. Henri Brennon, F.M.I. (Parish Priest)
Tel.: (868) - 638 - 2607
Email: rcchurch@tstt.net.tt
Holy
Cross (1845)
Cannatro Village
Santa Cruz
Trinidad & Tobago
Rev.
Fr. Benedict (Bunty) Hilaire (Parish Priest)
Possibly has email but address is unknown.
Secretary: Mrs Tricia Ottley
Tel.: (868) - 676 - 8740
Office: Monday - Friday 9am - 3pm
Churches
of the Southern Deanery
Holy
Cross, Princes Town (1687)
R.C. Presbytery
Princes Town
Trinidad & Tobago
[Princes Town was formerly known as Savana
Grande]
Tel:.(868)
- 655 - 2404
Rev. Fr. Martin Sirju (Parish Priest)
Email: masirju@tstt.net.tt
Churches
of the South Deanery
Our
Lady of Perpetual Help (1687)
Harris Promenade
San Fernando
Trinidad & Tobago
Tel.:
(868) - 652 - 2883 (Rev. Clyde Harvey: Parish
Priest)
Tel.: (868) - 652 - 2269 (Office)
Email: cmhar@carib-link.net
Rev. Seamus Maguire
Office:
Tues, Wed, Thurs, Fri 9am - 3pm. (Break for
lunch)
Churches
of the North Eastern Deanery
Santa
Rosa (1756/57)
R.C. Presbytery
Woodford Street
Arima
Trinidad & Tobago
Fr.
Christian Pereira: (Parish Priest & Vicar
General)
Tel:. (868) - 667 - 3658
Email address: xtian@cablenett.net
The Arima birth,
marriage and burial registers, including the
outstations, for about 150 years are kept in the
presbytery. Some, however, are missing.
Churches
of the North-Western Deanery
St.
John the Evangelist (1832)
Church Road
Diego Martin
Trinidad & Tobago
Fr.
Cuthbert Alexander (Parish Priest)
Tel.: (868) - 637 - 9510
Email: cuttya1@tstt.net.tt
Office:
Mon - Fri 9am - 3pm.
Parish Secretary: Mrs. Daphne Brown
Note:
Before 1948, Petit Valley was part of the Diego
Martin parish (R.C. Presbytery, Green Hills
Village, Diego Martin, Trinidad &
Tobago)
Churches
of the Central Deanery
Sts.
Philip and James (1845)
R.C. Presbytery
Main Road
Chaguanas
Trinidad & Tobago
Tel.:
(868) - 665 - 4245
Rev. Fr. Kenneth Assing (Parish Priest)
Email: kfassing@hotmail.com
Tobago
Special Ecclesiastical District
St.
Joseph (1892)
R.C. Presbytery
Bacolet Street
Scarborough
Tobago
Tel.:
(868) - 639 - 2136
Rev. Fr. Thomas Willemsen, C.S.Sp. (Parish
Priest)
Email: tomtob@tstt.net.tt
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