Calypsonian Slinger Francisco, aka The Mighty Sparrow, has gotten baptised. The 87-year-old who is regarded as the “Calypso King of the World” got baptized in New York on Saturday, September 3, 2022.
Francisco was baptised by former Calypsonian and Vincentian Seventh Day Adventist Pastor, Claudius Morgan who is popularly known as “Samaritan Singer”.
Francisco, who resides in New York, is now a full member of the Linden Seventh Day Adventist Church. It is reported that he was admitted to hospital in a coma in 2013, but survived.
The baptism was captured on camera. Francisco was clad in full white as he was immersed in water. “Heaven is rejoicing,” declared Morgan before the popular singer was dipped.
Slinger Francisco has won Trinidad’s Carnival Road March competition eight times, Calypso King/Monarch eight times, and the Calypso King of Kings title twice.
