March 17, 1959
1971
1978
1981
1986-2000
2005
In 2005 and 2006, he was awarded the City Day Award (City of Port of Spain); and the Alexander B Chapman Award 2006 from the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee for the promotion of the Olympic ideals of using sports to promote peace. He also won the Motorola Community Policing Award 2006, a Caribbean-wide award of the region’s police commissioners for community initiatives that partner with the police, and bring peace to communities.
He lectured in the Department of Theology at the Seminary of St John Vianney and the Uganda Martyrs, as well as for other courses: Caribbean History, Social Ethics, Media, and Caribbean Technology. He was also a member of the Catholic Commission for Social Justice, the Archdiocesan Communications Commission and Vicar of Administration for the Archdiocese of Port of Spin (2006–2011).
He is a member of Jubilee 2000, an international ecumenical consortium that seeks justice through debt forgiveness on behalf of the world’s most indebted nations (D20), and continues to be a member of the Living Water Community. Archbishop Gordon is currently the Vice-President of the Antilles Episcopal Conference of Bishops and the Chair of their Communications Commission.
2011
2014 / 2015
2017
He also presented a paper for the CARIFESTA XIII Symposium in August 2017 addressing the ‘Challenge and Opportunities of Technology to the Caribbean Culture and Identity’. He was subsequently installed as the Archbishop of Port of Spain on December 27, 2017.
D.O.B.
March 17, 1959
Parents
Stanley & Rose Mary Gordon
Age at Time of Priestly Ordination
32
Year of Priestly Ordination
1991
Episcopal Ordination Date
September 21, 2011
Conversations with Archbishop J
Synodality – Church, modelled differently
Our previous synods have focused on one dimension of the Church—youth, family, pan-Amazon region. This synod focuses on the Church, as a whole; more specifically, on […]
A new mandate requires a new structure
December 27, 2023, will be six years of my serving as Archbishop. During this time, I have had many consultations on family, youth, education, migrants and […]
A catechist’s mandate – accompany others to God
Q: Archbishop J, what is the catechetical mandate? Transmitting faith to the next generation is the most urgent and challenging task of the Church today. This […]
Where T&T can and should go
Trinidad and Tobago celebrates its 61st Independence Anniversary on Thursday, August 31. Archbishop J answers the question, will we emerge from this cycle of racial politics? […]
Women – their voice and vote in the Church
Q: Archbishop J, what about the role of women in the Church? The role of women in the Catholic Church is a global concern. This topic […]
Archbishop J, help us understand WYD Way of the Cross
The Way of the Cross is a venerable part of Catholic tradition from the earliest times. First, it was associated with Mary. One tradition had it […]
Defining synodality and a synodal Church
Q: Archbishop J, could you explain the new document on the synod? The Instrumentum Laboris (IL) is the working document for the synod in Rome October […]
Healing from T&T’s traumas, a national imperative
Q: Archbishop J, what is the impact of 1990 on T&T today? Do you remember where you were when you found out about the 1990 attempted […]