Saint Mary's College, Trinidad and Tobago

St. Mary's College (CIC, which stands for College of the Immaculate Conception) is a government-assisted selective Catholic secondary school located in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

St. Mary's College
Address
75 Frederick St. Port-of-Spain Trinidad and Tobago
Coordinates	10°39′31″N 61°30′36″W
Information
Other name	College of the Immaculate Conception (CIC)
Type	Government assisted secondary school
Motto	Virtus et Scientia (Latin for 'Manliness and Knowledge')
Religious affiliation(s)	Catholic Holy Ghost Fathers
Established	1 August 1863; 161 years ago (1 August 1863)
Principal	Rawle Russel
Teaching staff	76
Gender	All male
Enrollment	1,196
Campus	Urban
Houses	Lwanga Laval Bosco Aquinas Savio
Student Union/Association	CIC Past Students Union
Colour(s)	Blue   White
Nickname	Saints
Rival	Queen's Royal College/Fatima College
Website	stmarys.edu.tt
Main building of St. Mary's College.

Past principals

Source:^[1]

• Fr. Victor Guilloux 1863–67
• Fr. Francis Xavier Corbet 1867–74
• Fr. Casimir Marcot 1874–76
• Fr. James Brown 1876–92
• Fr. Achilles Lemire 1892–94
• Fr. Nichlas Brennan 1894–95
• Fr. William Carrol 1896–1903
• Fr. John Gerard Neville 1903–10
• Fr. Edward Crehan 1910–20
• Fr. James Lacy 1920–24
• Fr. John English 1925–36
• Fr. James Meenan 1936–50
• Fr. James Brett 1951–59
• Fr. Pedro Valdez 1959–71
• Fr. Arthur Lai Fook 1971–78
• Fr. Anthony de Verteuil 1978–92
• Fr. Anton Dick 1992–99
• Fr. Ronald Mendes 1999–2013
• Nigel Joseph 2013–23
• Rawle Russel 2023–present

Notable alumni

• Ellis Achong, West Indies Test cricketer
• Emmanuel Amoroso, reproductive physiologist and developmental biologist
• Eugene Chen (1878–1944), Trinidadian-Chinese politician and foreign minister of Republic of China
• Ellis Clarke, first President of Trinidad and Tobago.
• Diego Cisneros, businessman
• Joshua Da Silva, West Indies Test cricketer
• Leslie Fitzpatrick, soccer player
• Angus Fraser (clergyman and teacher), founder of the Via Christi Society
• Wayne A.I. Frederick, President of Howard University
• Ken Gordon, businessman
• Shaka Hislop, football player
• Jillionaire, DJ and music producer
• John La Rose, publisher and cultural activist
• Clement Ligoure, physician and publisher
• Michael Mooleedhar, filmmaker
• Quintin O'Connor, union leader
• George Padmore (1903–1959), pan-Africanist, author
• Joseph Lennox Pawan, MBE, Trinidadian bacteriologist
• Clifford Roach, West Indies Test cricketer
• Harry Schachter, Canadian biochemist

References

1. "Our History". Saint Mary's College. Retrieved June 14, 2023.

External links

• Official website