The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops (erected 22 December 1945) 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...

. 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.

Ordinaries

• Bishop Edward Quentin Jennings (1946–1952)
• Bishop Michael Alphonsus Harrington (1952–1973)
• Bishop Adam Joseph Exner, O.M.I.
  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...
  
   (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

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

Adam Exner

Adam Joseph Exner was the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver from 1991 to 2004.-Training and early religious life:...

 asked the Congregation of Christian Brothers

Congregation of Christian Brothers

The Congregation of Christian Brothers is a worldwide religious community within the Catholic Church, founded by Blessed Edmund Rice. The Christian Brothers, as they are commonly known, chiefly work for the evangelisation and education of youth, but are involved in many ministries, especially with...

 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 communities of men

• Congregation of Christian Brothers
  Congregation of Christian Brothers
  The Congregation of Christian Brothers is a worldwide religious community within the Catholic Church, founded by Blessed Edmund Rice. The Christian Brothers, as they are commonly known, chiefly work for the evangelisation and education of youth, but are involved in many ministries, especially with...
  
   (CFC)
• 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...
  
   (OMI)

Religious communities of women

• 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)
• Discalced Carmelites
  Discalced Carmelites
  The Discalced Carmelites, or Barefoot Carmelites, is a Catholic mendicant order with roots in the eremitic tradition of the Desert Fathers and Mothers...
  
   (OCD)
• Missionary Sisters of Christ the King (MCR)
• Sisters of Mission Service (SMS)
• Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (SFIC)

Publications

• Kamloops Wawa
  Kamloops Wawa
  The Kamloops Wawa was a publication of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops in British Columbia, Canada, in the 1890s and 1900s. The contents of the Kamloops Wawa were near-entirely written using an adaptation of the French Duployan shorthand writing system...
  
  , 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.

External links

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops official site