Charles Jason Gordon

Msgr Jason Gordon was ordained bishop of Bridgetown (Barbados) and Kingstown (Saint Vincent and the Grenadines)on the 21st of September 2011. Jason Gordon (born March 17, 1959) was ordained a priest in 1991.

His career in the Roman Catholic Church can be considered as an atypical one. He didn't go to the Seminary at the age of 18. After his father's death he ran the family business. He became involved in the Church through the Living Water Community. Before becoming a priest in 1991 a the age of 32, he had shown his engagement in several projects teaching skills to socially displaced youngsters. In the late 1980s and early 1990s he studied at the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium) where he got his BA and Masters in Theology. He completed his PhD in London.

He is often depicted as a very charming man with a great sense of humour. He's not just a man of faith and reflection but has proven to be aware of the problems in society and has been willing to do something about them. He received some awards for his project to bring peace in the Gonzales Community (East Port of Spain) through participation of all the stakeholders (including the gangs and their leaders). He has shown great courage in mediating between communities in conflict and his local engagement skills have diffused tension, improved the standing of the Church and saved lives. ("Pride in Gonzales is a team effort of Father Gordon and others who joined forces after gang- related killings in Gonzales caused alarm and fear among residents." (Rhondor Dowlat, Nov. 6 2006, Trinidad & Tobago's Newsday.) [1]

His interest in technology makes him the right man to spread the faith through the new media. His weekly TV-mass (Trinity Communications Network) reached out to as many as 50,000 people a week.

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