Port of Spain became an Archdiocese 30 April, 1850.

Suffragan Sees
Bridgetown, Georgetown, Paramaribo, Willemstad
Formerly Vicariate Apostolic of the English, Dutch, French & Danish islands of the West Indies, 1819

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

Trinidad is an island, 4,828 square km or 1,864 square miles, situated 10 degrees north, 61 degrees west.

Tobago, another island, 300 square km or 116 square miles, is situated 11 degrees north, 60 degrees west.

Both islands form the Independent Republic of Trinidad & Tobago.

In 1962 Trinidad & Tobago became an independent nation.

In 1976 this nation became a Republic within the British Commonwealth of Nations. In 1980 the Tobago House of Assembly was established.

The official statistics for population and religious affiliation given by the Central Statistical office in 1998 are:
The population of Trinidad & Tobago was 1,262,366. Africans comprise 39.6%, East Indians 40.3%, Europeans 0.6%, Chinese 0.4% Other 0.2%, not-stated 0.5% and Mixed 18.4%.

Religious Affiliation in 1998 based on the last official census of 1990:
i. Roman Catholics - 29.4%
ii. Hindus - 23.8%
iii. Anglicans - 10.9%
iv. Muslims - 05.8%
v. Presbyterians - 03.4%
vi. Others - 25.7%
vii. Not stated - 01.0%