The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nelson ( la, Dioecesis Nelsonensis) (erected 22 February 1936) is a suffragan of the
Archdiocese of Vancouver
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver ( la, Archidioecesis Vancouveriensis) is a Roman Catholic Latin archdiocese that includes part of the Canadian province of British Columbia.
Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is the Holy Rosary Cathed ...
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Diocesan demographics
The diocese contains 31 parishes. Serving or retired in the diocese are 28 diocesan priests, 7 religious priests ministering to 75,000 Catholics. It also has 13 religious sisters and supports 7 Catholic schools. (As of March 2011) This diocese covers two time zones with the East Kootenay and Columbia Valley on Mountain Time and the rest on Pacific time.
History
In the late 1830s French Canadians in the Oregon Territory petitioned the Quebec bishops to have missionary priests sent beyond the Rocky Mountains. In response to this plea, Fathers François-Norbert Blanchet and Modeste Demers were sent West to a remote part of the Quebec diocese referred to as New Caledonia by the Hudson’s Bay Company. While at Boat Encampment on the Columbia River (Mica Dam area), Blanchet and Demers celebrated Mass on October 10, 1838 the first Mass celebrated in what later became the Diocese of Nelson.
During the years of westward expansion and settlement, the spiritual needs of the region presently administered by the Diocese of Nelson came under the jurisdiction of various bishoprics:
• Vicariate Apostolic of the Oregon Territory, 1843-1846
• Diocese of Vancouver Island, 1846-1863
• Vicariate Apostolic of British Columbia, 1863-1890
• Diocese of New Westminster, 1890-1908
• Archdiocese of Vancouver, 1908-1936
On February 22, 1936,
Pope Pius XI erected the Diocese of Nelson to cover the Kootenay and Okanagan regions of southeastern British Columbia.
Bishops
Ordinaries
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Martin Michael Johnson (1936–1954), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Vancouver, British Columbia
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Thomas Joseph McCarthy
Thomas Joseph McCarthy (born 4 Oct, 1905 in Goderich, Ontario) was a Canadian clergyman and bishop for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Nelson, and later for Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Catharines
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Cathari ...
(1955–1958), appointed Bishop of Saint Catharines, Ontario
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Wilfrid Emmett Doyle (1958–1989)
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Peter Joseph Mallon (1989–1995), appointed Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan
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Eugene Cooney (1996–2007)
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John Corriveau (2007–2018)
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Gregory John Bittman (2018-present)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
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Bartolomeus Van Roijen, appointed Bishop of Corner Brook and Labrador, Newfoundland in 2019
Churches
Castlegar
*St. Rita's
Cranbrook
St. Mary'sChrist the Servant
Creston
*Holy Cross
Fernie
*Holy Family
Fruitvale
*St. Rita's
Golden
*Sacred Heart
Grand Forks
*Sacred Heart
Invermere
*Canadian Martyrs
Kelowna
*Immaculate Conception Church
*St. Pius X
*Corpus Christi
*St. Charles Garnier
Keremeos
*Our Lady of Lourdes
Kimberley
*Sacred Heart
Nakusp
* Our Lady of Lourdes
Nelson
Oliver
*Christ the King
Osoyoos
*St. Anne's
Penticton
*St. Ann's
*St. John Vianney's
Princeton
*St. Peter's
Revelstoke
*St. Francis of Assisi
Rossland
*Sacred Heart
Sparwood
*St. Michael's
Summerland
*Holy Child
Trail
*Our Lady of Perpetual Help
*St. Anthony / St. Francis Xavier
Westbank
*Our Lady of Lourdes
Winfield
*St. Edward's
Education
Catholic high schools
Catholic elementary schools
Religious institutes
Religious institutes of men
* Order of St. Augustine
*Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) is a missionary religious congregation in the Catholic Church. It was founded on January 25, 1816, by Eugène de Mazenod, a French priest born in Aix-en-Provence in the south of France on August 1, ...
* Order of Friars Minor, Capuchin
* Order of the Friars Minor
*MSTU Order
The Bauman Moscow State Technical University, BMSTU (russian: link=no, Московский государственный технический университет им. Н. Э. Баумана (МГТУ им. Н. Э. Баумана)), some ...
* Order of St. Basil
Religious institutes of women
*Sisters of the Atonement
The Society of the Atonement, also known as the Friars and Sisters of the Atonement or Graymoor Friars and Sisters is a Franciscan religious congregation in the Catholic Church. The friars and sisters were founded in 1898 by Paul Wattson as a relig ...
(SA)
* Sisters of Charity of Halifax (SC)
* Sisters of Charity of St. Louis (SCSL)
*Daughters of Providence
The Daughters of Providence of Paris were members of a Catholic religious congregation for women in 17th-century France.
The Daughters had their origins in the "Seminary of Providence" founded in 1643, with the authorization of King Louis XIII, ...
(FDLP)
*Congregation of Notre Dame
The Congrégation de Notre Dame (CND) is a religious community for women founded in 1658 in Ville Marie (Montreal), in the colony of New France, now part of Canada. It was established by Marguerite Bourgeoys, who was recruited in France to creat ...
(CND)
Notes
The diocese publishes th
Catholic Mountain Star
newspaper.
References
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External links
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Nelson
Nelson may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Nelson'' (1918 film), a historical film directed by Maurice Elvey
* ''Nelson'' (1926 film), a historical film directed by Walter Summers
* ''Nelson'' (opera), an opera by Lennox Berkeley to a lib ...
Christian organizations established in 1936
Organizations based in British Columbia
Nelson, British Columbia
Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century