Port Of Spain

ARCHDIOCESE OF  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

Port of Spain, with the population 49,000 (2000), is the capital of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the country's third largest municipality by population, after Chaguanas and San Fernando. It is located on the Gulf of Paria, on the north-west coast of the island of Trinidad.