Profiles: Heroes, Role Models and Pioneers of Trinidad and Tobago - by Nasser Khan

140 ARCHBISHOP ANTHONY PANTIN (1929-2000) A nthony Gordon Pantin attended Sacred Heart School and the Belmont Boys’ Secondary RC School and won a Government Scholarship to St. Mary’s College. At the age of 17 he decided to enter the priesthood. He went to Canada, entered the novitiate of the Holy Ghost Congregation in 1946 and attended the University of Montreal, graduating with a B.A. degree. He returned to Trinidad in 1949 and taught at St. Mary’s College for three years. In 1952 he left for Dublin, Ireland, where he pursued studies in Theology. He was ordained as a priest in July of 1955 and was sent to Guadeloupe as a missionary until 1959. He then returned to Trinidad and taught at Fatima College in Port of Spain until 1964. He composed the Fatima song, still used today, to uplift students and give them pride in their school. In 1965, Pantin returned to St Mary’s College where he was elected to the post of Religious Superior and served until 1967. In November of that year, he became the Archbishop, the head of the Archdiocese of Port of Spain. Father Pantin’s Episcopal consecration took place on March 19, 1968. He worked tirelessly with the disadvantaged and underprivileged, visiting hospitals and homes for the elderly and poor on Christmas Day. He founded the Mary Care Centre to provide a home for pregnant unmarried teenagers, was a mediator during the Black Power crisis and the 1990 attempted coup, and was instrumental in forming the Inter-Religious Organisation. Archbishop Pantin was also active in the activities of the Antilles Episcopal Conference and the association of Caribbean Bishops. • 2000 Trinity Cross CHARLES B. RAGBIR (1865-1951) A n Anglican priest who from 1905-1926 was the superintendent of the Anglican Church’s East Indian mission, and conducted a huge