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
Big Jesus’ stirs hearts, fires religious imagination
Q: Archbishop J, why the hype around the big monstrance? In an age ruled by screens and short attention spans, how do we direct the eyes […]
Reclaiming childhood
Q: Archbishop J, what is happening with our children? “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds …” […]
CELAM at 70: A Church of the continent listening together
Q: Archbishop J, what is CELAM? Why is it important? From May 25 to 30, the Latin American and Caribbean Episcopal Council (CELAM) celebrated its 70th […]
Engaging the pressing concerns of the Caribbean Church
Q: Archbishop J, what are some highlights from the AEC Bishops meeting? The recent meeting of the Antilles Commission of Bishops (AEC) in Jamaica was a […]
While it was still dark
John 20:1–10 as a spiritual compass for the change of era Following is the president’s message of Archbishop Charles Jason Gordon at the opening of the […]
The Eucharist: To Eat, To Drink, To Adore
Q: Archbishop J, why Adoration of the Eucharist? The Eucharist is “the source and summit of the Christian life”. These words from Sacrosanctum Concilium, the Second […]
Building a new socialised capitalism 3.0
Q: Archbishop J: How do we keep hope amid global change? In a 2015 address to the Italian Church in Florence, Pope Francis famously said: “You […]
Pope Francis lived the Beatitudes
Q: Archbishop J, do you think Pope Francis is a saint? Yesterday, a friend sent me an image of Jesus and Pope Francis walking together on […]