Diocese of

Bridgetown

Barbados Barbados

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Bridgetown / Pontipolitan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Port of Spain

Neighbouring Dioceses: Port of Spain (↙), Kingstown (←), Castries (↖)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

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History

Contact Info

Address: St. Patrick’s Presbytery, P.O. Box 1223, Jemmott’s Lane, Bridgetown, Barbados

Phone: (246) 426-3510

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.12.28 – ...):Bishop Neil Sebastian Scantlebury (60)Bishop Neil Sebastian Scantlebury (60)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Bridgetown (Roman Rite)

Bishop Neil Sebastian Scantlebury (60)Bishop Neil Sebastian Scantlebury (60)
(2020.12.28 – ...)

Bishop of Bridgetown (Barbados)

Thy will be done

Born:1965.10.01 (Bridgetown, Barbados)
Ordained Priest:1995.05.18
Consecrated Bishop:2021.06.11

Priest of Bridgetown (Barbados) (1995.05.18 – 2020.12.28)

Bishop of Bridgetown (Barbados) (2020.12.28 – ...)

Archbishop Charles Jason Gordon (67)Archbishop Charles Jason Gordon (67)
(Apostolic Administrator 2017.10.19 – 2020.12.28)

Archbishop Charles Jason Gordon (67)Bishop Charles Jason Gordon (67) (later Archbishop)
(2011.07.08 – 2017.10.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)
President of Antilles Episcopal Conference
Apostolic Administrator of Willemstad (Curaçao)

Totally yours

Born:1959.03.17 (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago)
Ordained Priest:1991.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:2011.09.21

Priest of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) (1991.03.19 – 2011.07.08)

Bishop of Kingstown (Saint Vincent and Grenadines) (2011.07.08 – 2015.12.22)

Bishop of Bridgetown (Barbados) (2011.07.08 – 2017.10.19)

Vice-President of Antilles Episcopal Conference (2017.05.04 – 2023.04.28)

Apostolic Administrator of Bridgetown (Barbados) (2017.10.19 – 2020.12.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago) (2017.10.19 – ...)

President of Antilles Episcopal Conference (2023.04.28 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Willemstad (Curaçao) (2025.01.07 – ...)

Archbishop Robert Rivas, O.P. (79)Archbishop Robert Rivas, O.P. (79)
(Apostolic Administrator 2005.05.31 – 2011.07.08)

Bishop Malcolm Patrick Galt, C.S.Sp.
(1995.04.23 – 2005.05.31)

Born:1929.07.09 (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago)
Ordained Priest:1955.07.10
Consecrated Bishop:1995.07.25
Died:2022.10.16 (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago † 93)

Bishop of Bridgetown (Barbados) (1995.04.23 – 2005.05.31)

Bishop Anthony Hampden Dickson
(1989.10.23 – 1995.04.23)

Born:1935.11.03 (Kingston, Jamaica)
Ordained Priest:1962.02.11
Consecrated Bishop:1971.01.29
Died:2022.11.29 (Bridgetown, Barbados † 87)

Priest of Kingston in Jamaica (Jamaica) (1962.02.11 – 1970.10.19)

Bishop of Bridgetown–Kingstown (Barbados) (1970.10.19 – 1989.10.23)

Bishop of Bridgetown (Barbados) (1989.10.23 – 1995.04.23)

Bishops of Bridgetown–Kingstown (Roman Rite)

Bishop Anthony Hampden Dickson
(1970.10.19 – 1989.10.23)

(see above)

Bishop Patrick Webster, O.S.B. (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 1970.03.07 – 1970.10.19)

Special Churches

Churches by City (7)

Port of Spain (↙), Kingstown (←), Castries (↖)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 430 km²

Population: 9,960 Catholics (3.5% of 284,900 total)

Pastoral Centres: 14 parishes

Personnel: 16 priests (8 diocesan, 8 religious), 5 deacons, 13 religious (8 brothers, 5 sisters), 2 seminarians

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