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New Apostolic Administrator for Bridgetown Published by Tags While COVID-19 has delayed the ordination of Barbados-born Bishop-elect Neil Scantlebury as the new Bishop of the diocese of Bridgetown, the way is now clear for him to officially begin work while he waits. The Rome-based Congregation for the Evangelization of the Peoples appointed Bishop-elect Scantlebury as the Apostolic Administrator of the Bridgetown diocese, with effect from March 1, according to a release issued that day from the Bishop’s House. The release said that to make way for this to happen, Archbishop Jason Gordon resigned as Apostolic Administrator, a post he had held for more than three years as the Church awaited the appointment of a new bishop. ....
December 30, 2020 The new chief clergyman of the Roman Catholic church in Barbados – the first native-born in the faith’s near 400-year history here – has called for answers to deeper questions on the nature of crime and violence in the country. Bishop-elect of the Diocese of Bridgetown Neil Scantlebury said on Tuesday that while prayer is important, the church must also work with the judicial system to address underlying issues affecting the perpetrators of crime. He declared: “We pray for a better environment, a better Barbados, and it is going to happen, it is happening, but we also have to do our part. Prayer is one part, but we also need to do practical things to help people to be better. ....