The Vat­i­can has an­nounced the ap­point­ment of Arch­bish­op Ja­son Gor­don to the Di­cas­t­ery for In­ter­re­li­gious Di­a­logue. Pope Leo XIV made the ap­point­ment.

Gor­don is Arch­bish­op of Port of Spain. The ap­point­ment, a state­ment from the AEC said, re­flects the Holy Fa­ther’s con­fi­dence in the An­tilles Epis­co­pal Con­fer­ence. It al­so ac­knowl­edges Arch­bish­op Gor­don’s work in fos­ter­ing di­a­logue and un­der­stand­ing among peo­ple of dif­fer­ent faith tra­di­tions. Arch­bish­op Gor­don joins a group of Car­di­nals, Arch­bish­ops, Bish­ops, and Vic­ars from around the world in this min­istry. This min­istry pro­motes peace and mu­tu­al re­spect among re­li­gions.

Oth­er mem­bers ap­point­ed by the Holy Fa­ther in­clude: Car­di­nal Pier­bat­tista Piz­z­a­bal­la, Pa­tri­arch of Jerusalem of the Latins; Car­di­nal Tar­ci­sio Isao Kikuchi, Arch­bish­op of Tokyo; Car­di­nal Do­minique Joseph Math­ieu, Arch­bish­op of Teheran-Is­pa­han of the Latins; and Car­di­nal Frank Leo, Arch­bish­op of Toron­to.