NORTH EAST REGION
FACTS
FACTS
True or False: The Venerable Kenley Baldeo (Archdeacon North, Trinidad) is the most recent Archdeacon to be appointed in the Diocese of Trinidad and Tobago
True; He was appointed in 2016
True or False: There are 29 Parishes in the Diocese of Trinidad and Tobago.
False; there are 30 Parishes
The Diocese of Trinidad was established in this year
What is 1872?
There are ……books are there in the Bible
What are 66 books?
This is the highest national award recognized in Trinidad and Tobago.
What is the Order of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago?
True or False: The St. Mary’s Children’s Home, Tacarigua, was originally called “The Orphan Asylum and Industrial School for Coolie Orphans”
True; The first building was constructed in 1800s to accommodate East Indian children whose parents were lost during the long crossing from India to Trinidad.
The current Dean of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity.
Who is the Very Reverend Dr. Shelly-Ann Tenia, Rector and Dean?
Before becoming its own Diocese, the Church of England in Trinidad became part of the Diocese of ……
What is Barbados?
Jesus was baptized by ……
Who is John the Baptist?
The first T&T gold medallist at the Olympics
Who is Hasley Crawford?
The Dedication Service for this Church was performed by the Right Reverend Bishop Claude Berkley in February 2020, making it one of the newest churches in the NE Region.
What is the Church of the Transfiguration (Maloney Mission)?
The Right Reverend Claude Berkley, Diocesan Bishop, is the 12th Bishop of the Diocese of Trinidad and Tobago.
True
The CPWI comprises ….. Dioceses.
What are 8 Diocese? Barbados · Belize · Guyana · Jamaica and the Cayman Islands · the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands · the North-Eastern Caribbean and Aruba · Trinidad and Tobago · the Windward Islands
He is described as the wisest man to ever live.
Who is King Solomon?
True or False: The Tobago Main Ridge Forest Reserve is the oldest protected rainforest in the Western hemisphere dating back to 1776.
True
True or False: C.L.R James in his famous book on West Indian cricket “Beyond a Boundary” credits the Good Shepherd Anglican Church as being fundamental in instilling and shaping his values.
True. In his book he recalls that it was at the Church of the Good Shepherd “…where I memorised the chapters and verses of the lessons so as to look the up in the Bible, where the last rites were said for my father" C.L.R James - Beyond a Boundary (page 246)
True or False: The Liturgical colour for the season of Lent is red.
False; violet or purple
True or False: The Right Reverend Richard Rawle was consecrated as the 1st Anglican Bishop of Trinidad.
True
The first 5 books in the Bible were written by …..
Who is Moses?
True or False: The Kelleston Drain, found just a little way from Speyside and off Little Tobago, is the world’s largest single brain coral colony.
True
This Church was built under the auspices of the Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches. The Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Santa Rosa Heights, Arima.
What is the Church of the Annunciation (of the Blessed Virgin Mary), Santa Rosa Heights, Arima?
The 3 days - Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Gloria Saturday - are also referred to as the…….
What is the Tridiuum?
Tobago was joined to the Diocese of Trinidad in the year …..
What is 1891?
This judge was betrayed to the Philistines by a woman.
Who is Samson? He was betrayed by his lover Delilah, who, sent by the Philistines officials to entice him, orders a servant to cut his hair while he is sleeping and turns him over to his Philistine enemies.
True or False: After Jamaica, T&T was the second of the Caribbean islands to acknowledge and declare Emancipation Day as a national holiday.
False; we were the first country in the world to declare Emancipation Day as a national holiday.