Roman Catholic Diocese of Nelson

Diocese of Nelson
Dioecesis Nelsonensis
Location
Country Canada
Territory South Eastern British Columbia
Ecclesiastical province Metropolitan See of Vancouver
Metropolitan 402 West Richards Street
Nelson, British Columbia
V1L 3K3
Statistics
Area 124,272 km2 (47,982 sq mi)
Population
- Catholics
65,000 (17.8%)
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established February 22, 1936
Cathedral Mary Immaculate Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop John Dennis Corriveau
Bishop of Nelson
Metropolitan Archbishop John Michael Miller CSB
Website
nelsondiocese.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Nelson (Latin: 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 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.

Ordinaries

Churches

Castlegar

  • St. Rita's

Cranbrook

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

School City Est. Website Enrollment
Immaculata Regional High School 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 institutes

Religious institutes of men

Religious institutes of women

Notes

The diocese publishes the Catholic Mountain Star newspaper.

References

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