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
A Synodal Church: relating, listening, discerning, self-emptying
Q: Archbishop J, what are the essential elements of a synodal Church? Every Sunday, we recite the Creed and declare we believe in “one, holy, catholic, […]
The Synod’s witness – Church governance must be all inclusive
Q: Archbishop J, were women synod delegates? From the synod’s outset, the presence of men and women together in the synod hall was a prominent topic. […]
Synodality: A Constitutive Dimension of Church?
What is the nature of synodality? This was one of the significant questions discerned by the 355 synod delegates gathered in Rome last month. Is synodality […]
The Synod: Rome Experience 2024
Many people have asked about my experience of the Synod on Synodality, which I see as having two dimensions. First is the outer experience: meeting the […]
Pray to the Lord of the Harvest… Vocation discernment rooted in prayer
Q: Archbishop J, why a vocations week? Each November, we dedicate a week to vocation awareness. This initiative reminds us that, through our Baptism, we are […]
Pathways for a synodal Church
Q: Archbishop J, how will the Synod work this year (Pt III)? ‘Foundations’, ‘Relations’, ‘Pathways’, and ‘Places’ comprise the four sections of Instrumentum Laboris (IL), the […]
Deepening the synodal experience
Q: Archbishop J, how will the Synod work this year (Pt II)? The working document Instrumentum Laboris (IL) sets out four sections for consideration during our […]
Synod: medicine for the soul of the Church and society
Q: Archbishop J, how will the Synod work this year? Synod 2021–2024 has been the largest consultative exercise the world has seen. Wherever there is a […]