Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops

Diocese of Kamloops Dioecesis Kamloopsensis
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Location
Country	Canada
Territory	Central British Columbia
Ecclesiastical province	Metropolitan See of Vancouver
Metropolitan	635A Tranquille Road Kamloops, British Columbia, V2B 3H5
Statistics
Area	119,000 km2 (46,000 sq mi)
Population - Catholics	(as of 2006) 51,900[1]
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	December 22, 1945
Cathedral	Sacred Heart Cathedral (Kamloops)
Patron saint	Immaculate Heart of Mary
Current leadership
Pope	Benedict XVI
Bishop	David John James Monroe Bishop of Kamloops
Metropolitan Archbishop	John Michael Miller CSB Archbishop of Vancouver
Website
rcdk.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops (Latin: Dioecesis Kamloopsensis) (erected 22 December 1945) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Vancouver. The Diocese of Kamloops is led by Bishop David John James Monroe.

Diocesan demographics

The Diocese of Kamloops has a Catholic population of 51,900 (2006) served by 14 diocesan priests, 8 religious priests, 1 permanent deacon and 26 religious sisters and brothers in 25 parishes.

History

Ordinaries

• Bishop Edward Quentin Jennings (1946–1952)
• Bishop Michael Alphonsus Harrington (1952–1973)
• Bishop Adam Joseph Exner, O.M.I. (1974–1982)
• Bishop Lawrence Sabatini, C.S. (1982–1999) - Bishop Emeritus
• Bishop David John James Monroe (2002 - )

Churches

100 Mile House St.Jude's Armstrong St. Joseph's St. John's, Falkland Ashcroft St. Gerard's Barriere St. George's St. John Baptist, Chu Chua - First Nations Blue River Our Lady of the Snows Cache Creek Immaculate Heart of Mary Shrine and Centre Big Bar, Bonaparte, Deadman's Creek - First Nations Cariboo - First Nation Parishes Chilcotin Shuswap Celista (Scotch Creek) Angel of Peace Chase Blessed Sacrament Clearwater St. James Clinton St Peter's Coldstream Our Lady of the Valley Enderby St. Ann's St. Mary's Reserve - First Nations Kamloops Sacred Heart Cathedral Holy Family (Valleyview) St. Joseph on the Reserve - First Nations Our Lady of Perpetual Help (North Shore) St. John Vianney (Westside) Our Lady of Lourdes, Heffley Creek

Lillooet St. John the Baptist parish St. Ann's, Lytton Bridge River, Seton Portage - First Nations Fountain, Pavilion, Skeetchestn - First Nations Logan Lake St. Michael's Lumby Sacred Heart Merritt Sacred Heart Quilchena, Coldwater - First Nations Douglas Lake, Shulus - First Nations Pemberton St. Francis of Assisi St. Christopher's, Mount Currie - First Nations Quesnel St. Ann's Salmon Arm St. Joseph's Sicamous Our Lady of Fatima Sorrento Our Lady of the Lake Valemount Good Shepherd Vernon St. James Our Lady of the Valley, Coldstream St. Theresa's, Okanagan Reserve - First Nations St. Benedict's, Okanagan Reserve - First Nations Whistler Our Lady of the Mountains Williams Lake Sacred Heart Sugar Cane, BC - First Nations Soda Creek, BC - First Nations

Education

Catholic high schools

St. Ann's Academy remained a high school until 1970. Unable to keep up with the changing demands of B.C.'s curriculum, it reverted to an elementary school. In 1980, Bishop Adam Exner asked the Congregation of Christian Brothers to open the high school section and in September 1981, St. Ann's Academy became a high school again.

School	City	Est.	Website	Enrollment
St. Ann's Academy (high school re-established 1981)	Kamloops	1910	http://www.stannsacademy.bc.ca/	~600 (co-ed)

Catholic elementary schools

School	City	Est.	Website
Saint Ann's Academy	Kamloops	1910	http://www.stannsacademy.bc.ca/
Our Lady of Perpetual Help	Kamloops	1962	http://www.olphschool.ca/
Saint Ann's	Quesnel		http://www.stannsschool.ca/
Saint James (Elementary & Middle)	Vernon		http://www.stjamesvernon.com/
Sacred Heart	Williams lake		n/a

Religious orders

Religious communities of men

• Congregation of Christian Brothers (CFC)
• Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI)

Religious communities of women

• Congregation of Notre Dame (CND)
• Discalced Carmelites (OCD)
• Missionary Sisters of Christ the King (MCR)
• Sisters of Mission Service (SMS)
• Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (SFIC)

Cemeteries

Charities

Saints, Blessed, Venerables

Publications

• Kamloops Wawa, a one-time publication of the diocese
• Diocesan News, bi-monthly newspaper started in 1976 as the Diocesan Update. Name changed to the Diocesan News in 1990.

References

Footnotes

1. ^ Catholic Hierarchy - Statistics section - retrieved April 28, 2009

External links

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops official site
• "Diocese of Kamloops". Catholic-Hierarchy. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dkaml.html. Retrieved 2007-03-13.