Holy Rosary Cathedral Vancouver (29785801877)

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver ( la, Archidioecesis Vancouveriensis) is a

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Latin

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that includes part of the Canadian province of

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. Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is the Holy Rosary Cathedral, dedicated to the diocesan

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Our Lady of the Rosary Our Lady of the Rosary, also known as Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, is a Marian title. The Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, formerly known as Feast of Our Lady of Victory and Feast of the Holy Rosary is celebrated on 7 October in the General Rom ...

, in

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, B.C. The incumbent ordinary of the archdiocese is Archbishop J. Michael Miller, CSB.

Ecclesiastical province

The Archbishop of Vancouver is the

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of the

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of Vancouver, which also includes as

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s : *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops ( la, Dioecesis Kamloopsensis) (erected 22 December 1945) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vancouver. The Diocese of Kamloops is led by Bishop Joseph Phuong Nguyen. Diocesan demographics The Diocese o ...

(daughter created in 1945) *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Nelson The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nelson ( la, Dioecesis Nelsonensis) (erected 22 February 1936) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vancouver. Diocesan demographics The diocese contains 31 parishes. Serving or retired in the diocese are 28 dioce ...

(daughter created in 1936) *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Prince George The Roman Catholic Diocese of Prince George ( la, Dioecesis Principis Georgensis) was created as the Vicariate Apostolic of Prince Rupert on January 14, 1944, when the Vicariate Apostolic of Yukon-Prince Rupert was split. It is a suffragan of the ...

(elevated to diocese 1967) *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Victoria in Canada The Diocese of Victoria ( la, Dioecesis Victoriensis in Insula Vancouver) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Its episcopal see is in Victoria. The diocese e ...

(former archdiocese, demoted to diocese in 1908).

Archdiocesan statistics

As per 2019/2020 diocesan Annual Report, it pastorally served 445,000 Catholics on approximately 120,000 km². The archdiocese contained 77 parishes, 202 priests, 96 religious sisters, 23 permanent deacons and 445,128 baptized Catholics. There are 51 Catholic schools and 4 higher education institutions.

Anniversaries of significance to the archdiocese

*October 3 – Anniversary of the Dedication of Holy Rosary Cathedral (1953) *October 7 – Solemnity of the

Holy Rosary Holy Rosary may refer to: * Rosary, a set of prayer beads used in a traditional Roman Catholic devotion * The Holy Rosary, a prayer based on the rosary See also * Holy Rosary Academy (disambiguation), one of several Roman Catholic schools with ...

, patronal feast of both the archdiocese and the cathedral *December 14 – Anniversary of the establishment of the Vicariate Apostolic of British Columbia (1863)

History

Precursor

On 24 July 1846, the

Diocese of Vancouver Island The Diocese of Victoria ( la, Dioecesis Victoriensis in Insula Vancouver) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Its episcopal see is in Victoria. The diocese ...

was erected on territory split off from the

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(based in the US

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; now Diocese of Victoria).

Oblates of Mary Immaculate years

On 14 December 1863, the Apostolic Vicariate of British Columbia was erected on territory split off from the Diocese of Vancouver Island). A French priest, by the name Louis-Joseph D'Herbomez, from the

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, ...

, became the first Vicar Apostolic of the newly formed territory. He was soon ordained

Titular Bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox a ...

Miletopolis Miletopolis ( grc, Μιλητόπολις) or Miletoupolis (Μιλητούπολις) was a town in the north of ancient Mysia, at the confluence of the rivers Macestus and Rhyndacus, and on the west of the lake which derives its name from the t ...

in 1864 and served the Catholic community until his death in 1890. On 2 September 1890, the pre-diocesan Apostolic Vicariate of British Columbia becomes the Diocese of New Westminster. Another Oblate of Mary Immaculate French Bishop, Pierre-Paul Durieu, took over the responsibilities and served the community until his death in 1899. On July 27, 1894, during his tenure, the US

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was lost in the creation of the

Apostolic Prefecture of Alaska :''Former names: Prefecture Apostolic of Alaska (1894-1917), Vicariate Apostolic of Alaska (1917-1962).'' The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fairbanks ( la, Dioecesis de Fairbanks) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Churc ...

. Another French Bishop, Augustin Dontenwill, took governance of the Diocese of New Westminster in 1899 and served the community until he resigned, to become the

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of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, in 1908. Under his tenure the Holy Rosary Church was commissioned.

Under the Archdiocese of Victoria

In 1903, the Diocese of Vancouver Island was elevated to

Archdiocese of Vancouver Island The Diocese of Victoria ( la, Dioecesis Victoriensis in Insula Vancouver) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Its episcopal see is in Victoria. The diocese en ...

and in 1904, it was renamed as the Archdiocese of Victoria. A German-born bishop, Bertram Orth, was appointed archbishop in 1903 and led the Archdiocese of Victoria and its suffrages until he resigned in 1908. On 19 September 1908, the Diocese of New Westminster was elevated to the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vancouver and in October, 1908, the Archdiocese of Victoria was lowered to the Diocese of Victoria. Father Alexander MacDonald, of

Nova Scotia Nova Scotia ( ; ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. Nova Scotia is Latin for "New Scotland". Most of the population are native Eng ...

, was quickly appointed and ordained Bishop of Victoria.

The Canadian bishops

For just over one year the Archdiocese of Vancouver had no bishop until Neil McNeil, Bishop of St. George's,

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, became the first appointed Canadian Archbishop of Vancouver on 19 January 1910. His tenure was short, as he then went on to become the Archbishop of Toronto on 10 April 1912. August, 1912, Timothy Casey, Bishop of Saint John in America,

New Brunswick New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...

, becomes the 5th archbishop of Vancouver. In 1914, what is now called World War I broke out, and Archbishop Casey had to battle hard financial times for the archdiocese. Under his governance, Holy Rosary Church became a cathedral. He served his community until his death in October 1931.

The "Iron Duke" years

August 1928, a priest from Saint John, New Brunswick, became coadjutor archbishop of Vancouver, and on 5 October 1931, Bishop William Mark Duke became Archbishop of Vancouver. In his 32 years of service to his community, Archbishop Duke had to deal with the

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of the Dirty Thirties and later

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. His strict disciplinarian beliefs and financial management of the archdiocese earned him the title “Iron Duke”. The legacy that was left behind when Archbishop William Mark Duke retired in March 1964 is impressive. He helped establish St. Mark's College at the University of British Columbia, 2 Catholic high schools, 1 non-diocese Catholic high school, 22 Catholic elementary schools and 3 Catholic hospitals including many new parishes in the diocese alone. During his tenure the archbishopric lost territory twice, to establish

suffragan A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations. In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdiction ...

sees : on February 22, 1936, the Diocese of Nelson was erected and on December 22, 1945, the Diocese of Kamloops. These new dioceses helped erect a new high school, new elementary schools & parishes.: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Nelson The bishop of Nelson, Martin Michael Johnston, became Coadjutor Archbishop of Vancouver, in 1954, to assist Archbishop Duke during Duke's last 10 years of governance. Bishop Johnston became Archbishop of Vancouver on 1964 and retired in 1969. During Archbishop Johnston's tenure, the Vicariate of Prince Rupert was elevated to Diocese of Prince George, in 1967.

Project Advance years

Auxiliary Bishop James Carney became Archbishop of Vancouver in 1969. Carney became the first Vancouver-born bishop to be appointed to the archdiocese. During his tenure Carney saw the need to rebuild many of the parishes, schools and hospitals that were showing their age. Project Advance was introduced into the community that required the parishes to raise funds. These funds went back into the community to help rebuild their parishes & schools and also to build new facilities, like Archbishop Carney Regional Secondary School, which was built in the archbishop's honour after he died in 1990. It enjoyed a Papal visit from

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in August 1984.

Archdiocesan synod

The archdiocese concluded a nine-year

synod A synod () is a council of a Christian denomination, usually convened to decide an issue of doctrine, administration or application. The word '' synod'' comes from the meaning "assembly" or "meeting" and is analogous with the Latin word mean ...

in December 2006. Lay and religious representatives from every parish, Catholic school, religious community, the local seminary, and Catholic organizations took part, as well as non-Catholic observers who were invited to the process. Although it formally ran from October 2002 to October 2003, extensive preparation went into the synod as far back as 1998 during the period leading up to the Great Jubilee of the Year 2000. The synod's aim was to bring the Church of Vancouver into the 21st century, from the “maintenance” mode it was in to more of a mission-driven model, as former archbishop emeritus

Adam Exner Adam Joseph Exner (born December 24, 1928, Killaly, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian Catholic prelate and former archbishop of the Archdiocese of Vancouver from 1991 to 2004. Training and early religious life Adam Exner holds Master's degrees in ...

, OMI, put it. On December 3, 2006, at Holy Rosary Cathedral, Archbishop

Raymond Roussin Raymond O. Roussin was the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver from 2004 to January 2009, when his resignation was accepted by Pope Benedict XVI. Curriculum vitae Born, Raymond Roussin, on June 17, 1939, in St. Vital, Winn ...

officially declared the synod closed, officially setting in motion the initiatives proposed. According to the archdiocesan newspaper ''The B.C. Catholic'', the first 20 declarations from the synod were to come into effect almost immediately. "Among the highlights are initiatives to encourage pastors to delegate more duties to the laity, to promote the faith formation of teachers, to initiate an adult faith formation strategy, to establish an office and vicar for evangelization, and to initiate a support group for priests."

Current Situation

The archdiocese is now working in a significant infrastructure upgrade. This includes seismic upgrades to many churches and schools. The Archdiocese of Vancouver is considered to be among the most conservative of Canada. In June 2021, the Archdiocese issued a formal apology to First Nations over its role in the genocidal residential schools system, with Archbishop J. Michael Miller stating that "the Church was unquestionably wrong in implementing a government colonialist policy which resulted in devastation for children, families and communities."

Sex Abuse

In 2019, the Archdiocese of Vancouver publicly named nine clergymen who were criminally convicted of sexual abuse or who had civil lawsuits related to abuse settled against them. It was also acknowledged that the archdiocese was aware of 36 sex abuse cases since the 1950s, which involved 26 children. The Archdiocese of Vancouver was the first among Canada's 60 Catholic dioceses to make this information public. In August 2020, a new sex abuse lawsuit was filed against the Archdiocese of Vancouver. The lead plaintiff, identified only by the initials K.S. in the court documents, said the priest in charge of St. Francis of Assisi School, Father Michael Conaghan, sexually assaulted her while she was a student at the school in the '80s. She was around 11 years old at the time of the alleged abuse. Conaghan, who died four days after the lawsuit was filed, was not among the nine clergy listed by the Archiocese in 2019. The lawsuit also alleges the Archdiocese of Vancouver followed marching orders from the Vatican for years on how to bury allegations of abuse within its parishes. In December 2020, the Archdiocese of Vancouver settled more sex abuse cases involved three additional priests who sexually abuse 13 previously undisclosed victims. The three priests named were also not previously listed on the Archdiocese of Vancouver's credibly accused list.

Coat of Arms

The precious

mitre The mitre (Commonwealth English) (; Greek: μίτρα, "headband" or "turban") or miter (American English; see spelling differences), is a type of headgear now known as the traditional, ceremonial headdress of bishops and certain abbots in ...

(headgear), featured at the top, is a standard for diocesan

armorial A roll of arms (or armorial) is a collection of coats of arms, usually consisting of rows of painted pictures of shields, each shield accompanied by the name of the person bearing the arms. The oldest extant armorials date to the mid-13th centur ...

bearings. Charges on the Escutcheon ''Escutcheon'' meaning the shield featured in

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. Heraldic Rose The heraldic rose on the top left symbolizes Holy Rosary Cathedral’s dedication to Our Lady of the Holy Rosary. Pacific Dogwood The

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(''Cornus nuttallii)'' on the top right is the floral symbol of the province

. Chi-Rho

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⳩ is the Greek

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for Christ. Formed by superimposing the first two letters of the Greek word ''ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ'' meaning Christ. Three Chevrons The three chevrons represent the

North Shore Mountains The North Shore Mountains are a mountain range overlooking Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. Their southernmost peaks are visible from most areas in Vancouver and form a distinctive backdrop for the city. The steep southern slopes of the No ...

that overlook Vancouver. The mountains depicted are intended to represent the Hollyburn,

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and

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mountaintops. The Barque of St. Peter The

Barque of St. Peter The term Barque of St. Peter or Ship/Boat of St. Peter or Barque of the Church, symbolises the Roman Catholic Church as a barque. The symbolism refers to St. Saint Peter, Peter, the first Pope, a fisherman who became one of the 12 Apostles in the ...

, the ship, symbolises the church. On the escutcheon it is depicted as casting a net into the ocean referencing

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:18-19:

"As he walked by the Sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”" (RSV)

Leadership

Ordinaries

Below is a list of individuals who have led the Archdiocese of Vancouver and its antecedent jurisdictions since its founding.

Apostolic Vicars of British Columbia

Louis-Joseph d'Herbomez Louis-Joseph d'Herbomez (January 17, 1822 – June 3, 1890) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest, Vicar Apostolic of British Columbia, and Titular Bishop of Miletopolis from 1863 to 1890. Curriculum Vitae Louis-Joseph d'Herbomez was born on Ja ...

(1863–1890) *

Pierre-Paul Durieu Pierre-Paul Durieu (December 4, 1830 – June 1, 1899), was a Roman Catholic missionary and the first Bishop of New Westminster, in British Columbia, Canada. Life Durieu was born in 1830 in Saint-Pal-de-Mons, the second son of Blaise Dur ...

(1890)

Bishops of New Westminster

* Pierre-Paul Durieu (1890–1899) * Augustin Dontenwill (1899–1908)

Archbishops of Vancouver

* Augustin Dontenwill (1908–1910) *

Neil McNeil Neil McNeil (November 23, 1851 – May 25, 1934) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver from 1910 to 1912 and Roman Catholic Archbishop of Toronto from 1912 to 1934. Early life McNeil was born in Hillsborough, Inverness County, Nov ...

(1910–1912) *

Timothy Casey Timothy Casey (February 20, 1862 – October 6, 1931) was the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Vancouver, Canada, from 1912 to 1931. Curriculum vitae Timothy Casey was born on February 20, 1862, in Flume Ridge, New Brunswick. Ordination In 1885, ...

(1912–1931) * William Mark Duke (1931–1964) * Martin Michael Johnson (1964–1969) * James Carney (1969–1990) *

(1991–2004) *

(2004–2009) * J. Michael Miller (2009–present)

Coadjutor archbishops

Under the Code of Canon Law, the

coadjutor bishop A coadjutor bishop (or bishop coadjutor) is a bishop in the Catholic, Anglican, and (historically) Eastern Orthodox churches whose main role is to assist the diocesan bishop in the administration of the diocese. The coadjutor (literally, "co- ...

has the right of succession (''cum jure successionis'') upon the death, retirement or resignation of the diocesan bishop he is assisting. All coadjutor ordinaries eventually succeeded to become head of the Archdiocese of Vancouver or its antecedent jurisdictions. * Pierre-Paul Durieu (1875–1890), as coadjutor apostolic vicar * Augustin Dontenwill (1897–1899), as coadjutor bishop * William Mark Duke (1928–1931) * Martin Michael Johnson (1954–1964) * J. Michael Miller (2007–2009)

Auxiliary bishops

Unlike coadjutors, auxiliary bishops do not have the right of succession, per canon 975, §1 of the

1983 Code of Canon Law The 1983 ''Code of Canon Law'' (abbreviated 1983 CIC from its Latin title ''Codex Iuris Canonici''), also called the Johanno-Pauline Code, is the "fundamental body of ecclesiastical laws for the Latin Church". It is the second and current com ...

. Only Carney went on to become Archbishop of Vancouver. * Edward Quentin Jennings (1941–1946), appointed Bishop of Kamloops * James Carney (1966–1969), appointed Archbishop of Vancouver *

Lawrence Sabatini Lawrence Sabatini, CS (born May 15, 1930) is an American retired bishop of the Catholic Church. Born and raised in Chicago, he felt a religious calling to join the priesthood during primary school. After completing school, he studied for the ...

(1978–1982), appointed Bishop of Kamloops

Other priests of this archdiocese who became bishops

Seven priests from the archdiocese subsequently became bishops of other dioceses outside of Vancouver. The first year listed in brackets indicates the year they were ordained as a priest for the archdiocese. This list omits Carney; though he was a priest for the archdiocese from 1942 until 1966, he subsequently became auxiliary bishop of the same archdiocese in 1966, and Archbishop of Vancouver in 1969. *

Peter Mallon Peter Joseph Mallon (December 5, 1929 – February 3, 2007) was an archbishop in the Archdiocese of Regina from June 9, 1995, until his retirement on March 30, 2005. He retired in 2005, at the age of 75, due to the Roman Catholic church's man ...

(1956–1990), appointed Bishop of Nelson in 1990 *

David Monroe David John James Monroe (born April 14, 1941) is a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was ordained Bishop of the Diocese of Kamloops on March 12, 2002, and served in that post until 2016. He was succeeded by Bishop Joseph Phuong ...

(1967–2002), appointed Bishop of Kamloops in 2002. Returned to the archdiocese after his retirement in 2016. *

Richard Gagnon Richard Joseph Gagnon (born June 17, 1948) is a Canadian bishop of the Catholic Church. He is the Archbishop of Winnipeg, appointed to the position in 2014 after previously serving as the Bishop of Victoria. He has also served as President ...

(1983–2004), appointed Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia in 2004 *

Gary Gordon Gary Ivan Gordon (August 30, 1960 – October 3, 1993) was a master sergeant in the United States Army and a recipient of the Medal of Honor. At the time of his death, he was a non-commissioned officer in the United States Army's premier s ...

(1982–2006), appointed Bishop of Whitehorse in 2006 *

Stephen Jensen Stephen Arthur Jensen (born May 30, 1954) is a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was ordained a priest on May 24, 1980 by then-Archbishop James Francis Carney. On April 2, 2013, he was ordained Bishop of the Diocese of Prince Geo ...

(1980–2013), appointed Bishop of Prince George in 2013 *

Mark Hagemoen Mark Andrew Hagemoen (born September 4, 1961) is a Canadian Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood on May 12, 1990, Hagemoen was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mackenzie–Fort Smith, Canada on October 15, 2013. Born ...

(1990–2013), appointed Bishop of Mackenzie–Fort Smith in 2013 *

Joseph Phuong Nguyen Joseph Phuong Nguyen (born March 25, 1957) is a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. On June 1, 2016, Nguyen became the Bishop-elect of the Diocese of Kamloops. Prior to his appointment, Nguyen held the post of Vicar General for the A ...

(1992–2016), appointed Bishop of Kamloops, British Columbia in 2016

Churches

The churches offer masses in the following languages: Arabic, Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Mandarin), Croatian, English, French, German, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Laotian, Traditional Latin, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Spanish, Tagalog and Vietnamese. Vancouver
Holy Rosary Cathedral

Blessed Sacrament (French)

Corpus Christi

Guardian Angels

Holy Family

Holy Name of Jesus

Immaculate Conception

Immaculate Heart of Mary (Croatian)

Our Lady of Fatima (Portuguese)

Our Lady of Hungary (Hungarian)

Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Our Lady of Sorrows

Sacred Heart

Saint Andrew's

Saint Anthony of Padua

Saint Augustine's

Saint Casimir's (Polish)

Saint Francis of Assisi

Saint Francis Xavier (Chinese)

Saint John the Apostle (Cantonese)

Saint Joseph's (Vietnamese)

Saint Jude's

Saint Mark

Saint Mary's

Saint Patrick's

Saint Paul's

Saints Peter and Paul
Burnaby
Holy Cross

Lady of Mercy

Saint Francis de Sales

Saint George's Melkite-Greek Catholic Mission

Saint Michael's

Saint Theresa's
Coquitlam
All Saints

Our Lady of Fatima

Our Lady of Lourdes

Saint Clare of Assisi
New Westminster
Holy Spirit

Saints Cyril and Methodius (Slovak)
North Vancouver
Holy Trinity

Saint Edmund's

Saint Pius X

Saint Stephen's
Richmond
Church of Canadian Martyrs (Chinese)

Saint Joseph the Worker

Saint Monica's

Saint Paul's
Surrey
Holy Cross

Good Shepherd

Star of the Sea

Our Lady of Good Counsel

Precious Blood

Saint Andrew Kim (Korean)

Saint Bernadette

Saint Matthew's
Abbotsford
Saint Ann's

Saint James
Agassiz
Saint Anthony of Padua
Aldergrove
Saints Joachim & Ann
Bella Coola * Holy Name of Mary Boston Bar * Saint Joseph's Bowen Island
Saint Gerard's Mission
Chilliwack
Saint Mary's
Delta
Immaculate Conception

Sacred Heart
Gibsons
Saint Mary's
Hope
Our Lady of Good Hope
Langley
Saint Joseph's

Saint Nicholas
Maple Ridge
Saint Luke's

Saint Patrick's
Mission
Saint Joseph's

Seminary of Christ the King/Westminster Abbey
Port Coquitlam
Our Lady of the Assumption
Port Moody
Saint Joseph's
Powell River
Church of the Assumption
Sechelt
Holy Family

Our Lady of Lourdes (Sechelt Nation)
Squamish
Saint Joseph's
West Vancouver
Christ the Redeemer

Saint Anthony's

Education

Catholic High Schools

* The

Seminary of Christ the King Westminster Abbey is a community of Benedictine monks in Mission, British Columbia, established in 1939 from the Abbey of Mount Angel, Oregon. The abbey is home to the Seminary of Christ the King and is a member of the Swiss American Congregat ...

, Mission, BC, is 1 of 2 Canadian high school seminaries. The other is located in Cornwall, Ontario. * The Convent of Sacred Heart High School was an all-girls school, in Vancouver, opened in 1911.Religious of the Sacred Heart
- Retrieved May 15, 2009 The school was closed down in 1979 and sold to become

St. George's School (Vancouver) St. George's School is an independent boarding and day university-preparatory school for boys in the Dunbar–Southlands, Dunbar area of Vancouver, British Columbia. History St. George's was founded in 1931 by Captain F.J. Danby-Hunter. The ...

junior school. * Marian High School was an all girls school run by the Sisters of Charity of St. Louis. It was located in Burnaby BC, adjacent to St. Michael's Parish. It opened in 1965 and was closed by the archdiocese in 1988.

Catholic Elementary Schools

* St. Ann's Academy, of Vancouver (located by Holy Rosary Cathedral), was open 1888 & closed 1946. * St. Ann's Academy, of New Westminster, was open 1865 & closed 1968. * St. Peter's School, of New Westminster, was open 1945 & closed in 1968. * Holy Ghost School, of Lulu Island, was opened 1947 & closed in 1955. * In 1982,

Little Flower Academy Little Flower Academy (LFA) is a Canadian independent all girls Catholic secondary school located in Vancouver’s Shaughnessy neighbourhood established in 1927, by the Sisters of Saint Ann. History In 1858, five women of the Québec-based o ...

closed its elementary section of the school.British Columbia Archival Union List
- Retrieved May 15, 2009

Catholic Universities, Colleges and Seminaries

At present there are no Catholic universities, but, as per Archdiocesan Synod, there are plans to build one in the future.

Religious institutes

Religious communities of men

Augustinians Augustinians are members of Christian religious orders that follow the Rule of Saint Augustine, written in about 400 AD by Augustine of Hippo. There are two distinct types of Augustinians in Catholic religious orders dating back to the 12th–1 ...

(O.S.A.) * Basilians (C.S.B.) *

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(O.S.B.) *

Congregation of Christian Brothers The Congregation of Christian Brothers ( la, Congregatio Fratrum Christianorum; abbreviated CFC) is a worldwide religious community within the Catholic Church, founded by Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice, Edmund Rice. Their first school was opened i ...

(C.F.C.) * Dominicans (O.P.) *

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(O.F.M.) *

Franciscan Friars 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 ...

(S.A.) * Oblates (O.M.I.) *

Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter The Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter ( la, Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sancti Petri; FSSP) is a traditionalist Catholic society of apostolic life for priests and seminarians which is in communion with the Holy See. The society was founded in 198 ...

(F.S.S.P.) *

Redemptorists The Redemptorists officially named the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer ( la, links=no, Congregatio Sanctissimi Redemptoris), abbreviated CSsR,is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of pontifical right for men (priests and brother ...

(C.Ss.R.) *

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(S.D.B.) *

Salvatorian The Society of the Divine Saviour ( la, Societas Divini Salvatoris), abbreviated SDS and also known as the Salvatorians, is a clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Right for men in the Roman Catholic Church. The members of the congreg ...

s (S.D.S.) *

Scalabrinians The Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo ( la, Congregatio Missionariorum a S. Carolo), commonly called the Scalabrinian Missionaries, is a Roman Catholic religious institute of brothers and priests founded by Giovanni Batt ...

(C.S.)

Religious communities of women

* Canossian Daughters of Charity (Fd.C.C.) * Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of Jesus of Nazareth *

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 ...

(C.N.D.) *

Daughters of Mercy of the 3rd Order of St. Francis A daughter is a female reproduction, offspring; a girl or a woman in relation to her parents. Daughterhood is the state of being someone's daughter. The male counterpart is a son. Analogously the name is used in several areas to show relations ...

(C.F.M.) * Daughters of St. Mary of Providence (D.S.M.P.) * Dominican Contemplative Nuns (O.P.) * Franciscan Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Sorrows (O.S.F.) * Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement (S.A.) *

Grey Sisters of the Immaculate Conception The Grey Sisters of the Immaculate Conception is a congregation of Roman Catholic sisters founded in 1926 in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada. It is dedicated to following the tradition of St. Marie-Marguerite d'Youville, and has established a number of ...

(G.S.I.C.) *

Missionaries of Charity The Missionaries of Charity ( la, Congregatio Missionariarum a Caritate) is a Catholic centralized religious institute of consecrated life of Pontifical Right for women established in 1950 by Mother Teresa, now known in the Catholic Church as ...

(M.C.) *

Missionary Sisters of Christ the King The Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of Christ the King for the Polish Diaspora Abroad (MChr) (Latin: ''Congregatio Sororum Missionariarum Christi Regis pro Polonis Emigrantibus'') - grew out of the spiritual and cultural needs of Polish emi ...

(M.C.R.) * Missionary Sisters of Immaculate Conception (M.I.C.) *

Order of St. Clare The Poor Clares, officially the Order of Saint Clare ( la, Ordo sanctae Clarae) – originally referred to as the Order of Poor Ladies, and later the Clarisses, the Minoresses, the Franciscan Clarist Order, and the Second Order of Saint Francis ...

(O.S.C.) *

Religious of the Cenacle The Sisters of the Cenacle (full title: Congregation of Our Lady of the Retreat in the Cenacle) is a Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Congregation founded in 1826 in the village of Lalouvesc (Ardèche), France. The founders were Thérèse Couderc ...

(rc.) *

Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate Conception The Sisters of Charity of the Immaculate Conception (SCIC) were established in 1854 by Honoria Conway and her companions in Saint John, New Brunswick. They serve in Canada, Peru, and Ireland. Thomas Connolly Thomas-Louis Connolly was born in Cork ...

(S.C.I.C.) *

Sisters of Charity of St. Louis The Sisters of Charity of St. Louis (SCSL) (''Soeurs de la Charité de Saint-Louis'') is a Roman Catholic religious congregation. It was founded for the education of poor girls, at Vannes in Brittany, in 1803, by Madame Molé, née de Lamoignon, a ...

(S.C.S.L.) * Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (Halifax) S.C.(H) * Sisters of the Child Jesus (S.C.J.) *

Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary The Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM), founded as the Daughters of the Most Holy and Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is a Catholic religious teaching institute for women. The institute was founded in the Catalan city o ...

(S.I.H.M.) *

Sisters of Providence (Montreal) The Sisters of Providence are a religious institute of Roman Catholic sisters founded in 1843 by Mother Émilie Gamelin. They are headquartered in Montreal, Quebec with five provinces: Mother Joseph Province, Holy Angels Province, Philippines ...

(S.P.) *

Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul The Sisters of Providence of St. Vincent de Paul are an apostolic congregation of vowed women religious, who rely on and proclaim the Divine providence, Providence of God. They are the only religious congregation founded in Kingston, Ontario. H ...

(S.P.) *

Sisters of St. Ann The Sisters of St. Anne (S.S.A.) is a Roman Catholic religious institute, founded in 1850 in Vaudreuil, Quebec, Canada, by the Blessed Marie Anne Blondin, S.S.A., to promote the education of the rural children of the Province of Canada. Their vi ...

(S.S.A.) *

Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace __notoc__ The Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace are a Roman Catholic religious order of women which was founded in January 1884 in the Diocese of Nottingham, England by Margaret Anna Cusack. History Cusack was raised in the Anglican church, but conver ...

(C.S.J.P.) * Sisters of St. Joseph (Toronto) (C.S.J.) * Sisters of St. Paul de Chartres (S.P.D.C.) *

Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate The Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate (S.S.M.I.) are a religious congregation of women in the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church. They were founded in 1845 in Lviv, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and now in Ukraine, the first such organiz ...

(S.S.M.I.) * Teresian Carmelite Missionaries (C.M.T.)

Cemeteries

The Gardens of Gethsemani Cemetery & Mausoleum (Est. 1965)
15800 - 32nd Avenue, Surrey, B.C.

Charitable Organizations

Health Care On March 31, 2000, St. Paul's Hospital, Holy Family Hospital, & CHARA Health Care Society were consolidated into one legal entity and formed Providence Health Care, with eight sites in the city of Vancouver. Although the archdiocese is responsible for the creation of the hospitals and care facilities. It no long has direct control of these facilities as they are governed by a board of directors, the Congregation of Sisters & Providence Senior Leadership Team. Providence Health Care continues to provide Catholic health care. Providence Health Care is presently developing the Legacy Project, which is to renew St. Paul's Hospital into a state-of-the-art research and teaching facility. Family support * Catholic Family Services - School assistance, marriage, employee assistance, separation, abortion healing, etc. Overseas assistance
CNEWA - Catholic Near East Welfare Association
- supports Christian communities of the Middle East, Northeast Africa, India and Eastern Europe. Shelters * Catholic Charities Men's Hostel - Emergency shelter for men. * Columbus Towers - Low rent housing for seniors * Missionaries of Charity - housing for single pregnant mothers. * St. Michael's Centre - extended care beds & hospice beds. (144 beds) Social support * Apostleship of the Sea - Provides services to visiting international seafarers. * Catholic Charities Justice Services - Prison visitation & re-integration programs. * Faith & Light Association - Providing services & support for the mentally handicapped & their families. * Franciscan Sisters of the Atonement - emergency food & clothing programs. * Society of St. Vincent de Paul - visiting the sick and assistance to families. * The Door is Open - A safe drop-in centre for the homeless.

Notes

Publications * The archdiocese publishes a newspaper called ''

The B.C. Catholic ''The B.C. Catholic'' is a weekly newspaper serving the needs of the Catholic community in British Columbia and is the official newspaper of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver. It was founded in 1931 and is published approximately fort ...

'' for the community. (Founded in 1931) Retreats * Rosemary Heights Retreat Centre - A ministry of the archdiocese which consists of a chapel, accommodations, conference rooms, full cafeteria service, gardens and grottos.

References

Sources and external links

Archdiocese of Vancouver

June 1, 2007, news release, Archdiocese of Vancouver

retrieved July 14, 2006
"Archbishops Roussin, Miller like an ‘episcopal dream team’"
''The B.C. Catholic'', June 11, 2007
Catholic Independent Schools of the Vancouver Archdiocese
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