133 General Information Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese Erected: 22 February 1936 Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Vancouver Rite: Latin (or Roman) Province: British Columbia Country: Canada Square Kilometers: 124,272 (48,000 Square Miles) Conference Region: West (Ouest) Catholic Directory Abbreviation: Nel Official Web Site: diocese.nelson.bc.ca/ Mailing Address: 402 West Richards Street, Nelson, B.C. V1L 3K3, Canada Telephone: (250)352-6921 Fax: 352-1737 Bishop Thomas Joseph McCarthy † Deceased Bishop Emeritus of Saint Catharines, Ontario -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Events Date Age Event Title 4 Oct 1905 Born Goderich 25 May 1929 23.6 Ordained Priest Priest 5 May 1955 49.6 Appointed Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada 1 Aug 1955 49.8 Ordained Bishop Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada 9 Nov 1958 53.1 Appointed Bishop of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada 25 Nov 1958 53.1 Installed Bishop of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada 7 Jul 1978 72.8 Resigned Bishop of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada 15 Nov 1986 81.1 Died Bishop Emeritus of Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father a priest for 57.5 years a bishop for 31.3 years Principal Consecrator: Giovanni Cardinal Panico † Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Ralph Hubert Dignan † Bishop John Christopher Cody † Bishop Wilfrid Emmett Doyle † Deceased Bishop Emeritus of Nelson, British Columbia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Events Date Age Event Title 18 Feb 1913 Born Calgary 5 Jun 1938 25.3 Ordained Priest Priest of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada 9 Nov 1958 45.7 Appointed Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada 3 Dec 1958 45.8 Ordained Bishop Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada 6 Nov 1989 76.7 Retired Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada 14 Sep 2003 90.6 Died Bishop Emeritus of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada Second Vatican Council: Session One: Council Father Second Vatican Council: Session Two: Council Father Second Vatican Council: Session Three: Council Father Second Vatican Council: Session Four: Council Father a priest for 65.3 years a bishop for 44.8 years Ordained Priest by: Archbishop John Hugh MacDonald † Principal Consecrator: Giovanni Cardinal Panico † Principal Co-Consecrators: Archbishop Michael Cornelius O’Neill † Bishop Francis Valentine Allen † Principal Co-Consecrator of: Archbishop Peter Joseph Mallon † Bishop Eugene Jerome Cooney Archbishop Peter Joseph Mallon † Deceased Archbishop Emeritus of Regina, Saskatchewan -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Events Date Age Event Title 5 Dec 1929 Born Prince Rupert 27 May 1956 26.5 Ordained Priest Priest 6 Nov 1989 59.9 Appointed Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada 2 Feb 1990 60.2 Ordained Bishop Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada 9 Jun 1995 65.5 Appointed Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada 30 Mar 2005 75.3 Retired Archbishop of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada 3 Feb 2007 77.2 Died Archbishop Emeritus of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada a priest for 50.7 years a bishop for 17.0 years Principal Consecrator: Archbishop James Francis Carney † Principal Co-Consecrators: Bishop Wilfrid Emmett Doyle † Bishop Lawrence Sabatini, C.S. Bishop Eugene Jerome Cooney Bishop Emeritus of Nelson, British Columbia -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Events Date Age Event Title 20 Dec 1931 81.47 Born Medicine Hat 4 Jun 1960 28.5 Ordained Priest Priest 15 Mar 1996 64.2 Appointed Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada 11 Jun 1996 64.5 Ordained Bishop Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada 13 Jun 1996 64.5 Installed Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada 30 Nov 2007 75.9 Retired Bishop of Nelson, British Columbia, Canada Please contact the Bishop through the Diocese of Nelson. a priest for 53.01 years a bishop for 16.99 years Principal Consecrator: Bishop Paul John O’Byrne † Principal Co-Consecrators: Archbishop Peter Joseph Mallon † Bishop Wilfrid Emmett Doyle †
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