The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nelson (erected 22 February 1936) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vancouver

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver is a Roman Catholic archdiocese that includes part of the Province of British Columbia. It is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province which includes the suffragan dioceses of Kamloops, Nelson, Prince George, and Victoria...

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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)

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 10th 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 22nd 1936, His Holiness Pope Pius XI erected the Diocese of Nelson to cover the Kootenay and Okanagan regions of southeastern British Columbia.

Ordinaries

• Martin Michael Johnson
  Martin Michael Johnson
  Martin Michael Johnston was the Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada for 18 years. He then became Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 1964 to 1969.-Curriculum Vitae:...
  
   (1936–1954)
• Thomas Joseph McCarthy (1955–1958)
• Wilfrid Emmett Doyle
  Wilfrid Emmett Doyle
  Wilfrid Emmett Doyle was a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Nelson from 1958 to 1989.-Biography:...
  
   (1958–1989)
• Peter Joseph Mallon
  Peter Joseph Mallon
  Peter Joseph Mallon 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 mandatory retirement policy. He died in 2007....
  
   (1989–1995)
• Eugene Jerome Cooney (1996–2007)
• John Dennis Corriveau
  John Dennis Corriveau
  John Dennis Corriveau, OFM Cap is a Canadian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He serves as the sixth and current Bishop of Nelson.-Biography:...
  
   (2007–present)

Churches

Castlegar

• St. Rita's

Cranbrook

• St. Mary's
• Christ 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
• St. Theresa's
• Holy Spirit
• St. Charles Garnier

Keremeos

• Our Lady of Lourdes

Kimberley

• Sacred Heart

Nakusp

• Our Lady of Lourdes

Nelson

• Mary Immaculate Cathedral

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

Catholic high schools

School	City	Est.	Website	Enrollment
Immaculata Regional High School Immaculata Regional High School Immaculata Regional High School is a Roman Catholic high school situated in Kelowna, B.C. Canada. It was under the direction of the Kelowna Catholic Independent School Council....	Kelowna	1960	http://immaculata.kelowna.bc.ca/	~350 (co-ed)

Catholic elementary schools

School	City	Est.	Website
Holy Cross	Penticton		http://www.holyc.com/
Our Lady of Lourdes	Westbank		http://www.ourladyoflourdeswestbank.com/
St. Joseph	Nelson		http://www.stjosephnelson.ca/
St. Mary's	Cranbrook		http://www.stmarysschool.ca/
St. Joseph	Kelowna	1938	http://www.stjosephkelowna.ca/
St. Michaels Catholic	Trail		http://www.smces.ca/index.html

Religious communities of men

• Order of St. Augustine
• Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
  Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
  The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate is a missionary religious congregation in the Catholic Church. It was founded on January 25, 1816 by Saint Eugene de Mazenod, a French priest born in Aix-en-Provence in the south of France on August 1, 1782. The congregation was given recognition by Pope...
  
  
• Order of Friars Minor, Capuchin
• Order of the Friars Minor
• MSTU Order
• Order of St. Basil

Religious communities of women

• Sisters of the Atonement (SA)
• Sisters of Charity of Halifax (SC)
• Sisters of Charity of St. Louis
  Sisters of Charity of St. Louis
  The Sisters of Charity of St. 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 Lamoignan, at the suggestion of Antoine-Xavier Maynaud de Pancemont, Bishop of Vannes.-History:In 1805 Pope Pius...
  
   (SCSL)
• Daughters of Providence
  Daughters of Providence
  The Daughters of Providence were a French Roman Catholic religious order for women founded in 1643....
  
   (FDLP)
• Congregation of Notre Dame
  Congregation of Notre Dame
  The Congregation of Notre Dame was founded in 1653 by Marguerite Bourgeoys in Montreal, Canada. This was one of the first non-cloistered communities. The community's motherhouse has continued to be based in Montreal...
  
   (CND)

Charities

Health Care

• Mount St. Francis Hospital, of Nelson, was established in 1947 & closed in 1997.
• St. Martin’s Hospital, of Oliver, was established in 1942 & closed in 1973.

Child Care

Catholic Non Profit Child Care

• Archangels Children's Centre, Westbank, BC
• Clubhouse Child Care Centre, Kelowna, BC
• Joey's Out of School Care, Nelson BC

External links

• Diocese of Nelson official site