The
following list records the priests who have served in the Parish of Santa Rosa de Arima
throughout its religious history. There have been many other priests, not listed here, who
have helped in the Parish at one time or another. These include the priests of the Abbey
of Mount St. Benedict, established in 1912 and the priests of the Dominican Priory of Holy
Cross, Arima, established in 1957.
Parish Priests
Assistants
1749 - 1754
Aragonese Capuchin Friars - Spain
1786 - 1818
1815 - 1818
Fr. Pedro José Reyes Bravo -
Venezuela
Fr. Juan Bautista Molinar
Fr. Antonio Perez Aguilera
Fr. Manuel Perez
1818 - 1823
1819 - 1822
Fr. José Candido Martinez - Spain
Fr. Domingo Castejón
1823 - 1826
Fr.
Bernardo de Obón - Spain
(Aragonese Capuchin)
1826 - 1829
Fr. Francisco Meseguer - Spain
1829 - 1831
Fr. Francisco Lathélize - France
1831 - 1855
1849 - 1855
Fr. Joaquin Sanchez - Spain
Parish Administrators
Fr. Patrick Smith
Fr. Bitumen Joseph
Fr. Evariste Lopez
Fr. Ange François Antonetti
1855 - 1862
Fr. Michael McKernan - Ireland
1862 - 1865
Fr. James Warlop - Belgium
1865 - 1868
1867
Fr. Bernard McElroy – Ireland
Fr. Joseph Jouin O. P.
1868 - 1869
Fr. François Estave O.P. - France
1869 - 1896
1869 - 1870
Abbé
Louis Daudier - France
Fr. Patrick Comisky
1871
Fr. Nicholas Rouyer
1873 - 1876
Fr. Candido Corredor
1895 - 1897
Fr. Marie-Noel Lartaud O.P.
Fr. Marie-Hyacinthe Barriou O.P.
1896 - 1916
Msgr. Charles de Martini - Trinidad
1916 - 1924
Fr. Joseph Maingot - Trinidad
Fr. Ambrose Vinckier
OSB
1924 - 1937
Fr. John Kenny - Ireland
Fr. Edward Lane
1937 - 1960
Canon Jeremiah Maher - Ireland
Fr. Fred Patience
Fr. Sydney Charles
Fr. Urban Peschier
1961 - 1969
Fr. Fred Patience - Trinidad
Fr. Rudy
Mohammed
Fr. Hilary Clarke
Fr. Michael Makhan
1969 - 1971
Fr. Sydney Charles - Trinidad
Fr. Michael Makhan
Fr. David Oliveire
Fr. Gordon Charles
1971 - 1974
Fr. Vincent Compton - Carriacou
Fr. David Oliveire
Fr. Gordon Charles
Fr. Sebastian Madhosingh
1974 - 1978
Fr. Hilary Clarke – Trinidad
Fr.
David Oliveire
Fr. Dennis Power O.P.
1978 - 1984
Fr. Andrew Cockburn C.S.Sp –
Trinidad
Fr. Vincent Kennedy O.P.
Fr. Allan Ventour
Fr. Edward Foley O.P.
1984 –1990
Fr. Malcolm Galt C.S.Sp.- Trinidad
Fr. Edward Foley O.P.
Fr. Kenneth Assing
Fr. Ian Taylor
1990 – 1994
Fr. Kenneth Assing – Trinidad
Fr. Ian Taylor
Fr. Robert Llanos
Fr. Joseph Heffernan O. P.
Fr. Urban Hudlin O. P.
1994
- 2000
Fr. Leo Donovan O. P. -
Fr. Urban Hudlin O. P.
Fr. Rupert
Romany O. P
Fr.
Ferdinand Warner O. P.
2002- present
Msgr. Christian D. Pereira V.G. with some help from Holy Cross Priory
Jan 2004...
Fr. Christian Chambers appointed as
assistant in Arima
(with responsibility for Blanchisseuse)
July 2004 Fr. Dwight Black O.P. appointed as assistant
Fr.
Christian Chambers appointed to Mayaro
from January 2005.