Robert Rivas
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The Most Reverend Robert Rivas, O.P. |
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| Archbishop of Castries | |
| See | Castries |
| Appointed | 19 July 2007 |
| Installed | 15 February 2008 |
| Predecessor | Kelvin Felix |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 17 June 1971 |
| Consecration | 22 January 1990 by Manuel Monteiro de Castro |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 7, 1946 |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
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Styles of Robert Rivas |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Archbishop |
Robert Rivas O.P. (born 1946) is the Roman Catholic archbishop of the Archdiocese of Castries in St. Lucia.
Rivas was born in the village of La Pastora, Arouca, Trinidad, on June 7, 1946. He is the son of the late Sabina and Placido Rivas, and has one sister and five brothers. Having completed his secondary studies in the Dominican College of Holy Cross, Arima, he entered the novitiate of the Irish Province of the Dominican Order in Cork, Ireland. After ordination in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Port of Spain, by Archbishop Anthony Pantin on June 27, 1971, he went to the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum), Rome, where he obtained the Licence in Theology.
After Rome, he returned to Ireland where he successfully completed a course in radio and television production and received a diploma in communications.
On his return to Trinidad he spent his first two years of ministry at St Theresa’s, Woodbrook, Port of Spain, under the direction of the future master of the Order of Preachers, the Revd Damian Byrne.
He continued in parish ministry for another three years in South and North East Trinidad.
The following years were devoted to involvement in social communications, campus ministry at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine Campus, and the formation of young Dominicans for the priesthood and religious life. During this time he completed a programme in spiritual direction.
His great wish has always been for more Dominican communities in the Caribbean and for Caribbean integration. From 1985 to 1989, in addition to his work in formation, he served as a special Delegate of the Master of the Dominican Order in Rome, to promote the unity of the order among the vicariates in the Caribbean. He was the first Dominican in the Caribbean to be appointed to this position.
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