Antilles Episcopal Conference (A.E.C.)

Conference of Bishops

Countries: Anguilla , Antigua and Barbuda , Aruba , Bahamas , Barbados , Belize , Bermuda , Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba , British Virgin Islands , Cayman Islands , Curaçao , Dominica , French Guiana , Grenada , Guadeloupe , Guyana , Jamaica , Martinique , Montserrat , Saint Barthélemy , Saint Kitts and Nevis , Saint Lucia , Saint Martin , Saint Vincent and Grenadines , Sint Maarten , Suriname , Trinidad and Tobago , Turks and Caicos Islands , U.S. Virgin Islands

Address: P.O. Box 3086, St. James, Trinidad and Tobago

Phone: (868)622.2932

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Present Officials

President (2023.04.28 – ...):

Archbishop Charles Jason Gordon (65)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Port of Spain (Trinidad and Tobago)

Apostolic Administrator of Willemstad (Curaçao)

Vice-President (2023.04.28 – ...):

Bishop John Derek Persaud (68)

Bishop of Mandeville (Jamaica)

Apostolic Administrator of Montego Bay (Jamaica)

General Secretary (2018.11 – ...):

Fr. Donald Chambers

Past Officials

President: Archbishop Gabriel Malzaire (67) (2017.05.04 – 2023.04.28)
President: Archbishop Patrick Christopher Pinder (71) (2011.05.11 – 2017.05.04)
President: Archbishop Donald James Reece (90) (2008.05 – 2011.04.15)
President: Archbishop Lawrence Aloysius Burke, S.J. (2003.05 – 2008.05)
President: Archbishop Edgerton Roland Clarke (1997 – 2003)
President: Archbishop Kelvin Edward Felix (later Cardinal) (1991 – 1997)
President: Archbishop Samuel Emmanuel Carter, S.J. (1984 – 1991)
President: Archbishop Gordon Anthony Pantin, C.S.Sp. (1979 – 1984)
President: Archbishop Samuel Emmanuel Carter, S.J. (1968 – 1979)
President: Archbishop John Joseph McEleney, S.J. (1967 – 1968)
President: Archbishop Patrick Finbar Ryan, O.P. (1958 – 1967)
Vice-President: Archbishop Charles Jason Gordon (65) (2017.05.04 – 2023.04.28)
Vice-President: Bishop Francis Dean Alleyne, O.S.B. (73) (2011.05.11 – 2017.05.04)
General Secretary: Fr. John Derek Persaud (68) (later Bishop) (2014.10.08 – 2018)
General Secretary: Deacon Mike James (2007 – 2014.10.08)

Last updated on 2025.02.15

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