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Diocese of Kamloops Dioecesis Kamloopsensis
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Coat of Arms
Location
Country	Canada
Territory	Central British Columbia
Ecclesiastical province	Vancouver
Statistics
Area	119,000 km (46,000 sq mi)
Population - Catholics	(as of 2006) 51,900 (12.9%)
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	December 22, 1945
Cathedral	Sacred Heart Cathedral (Kamloops)
Patron saint	Immaculate Heart of Mary (principal) St. John Vianney (secondary)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Joseph Phuong Nguyen Bishop of Kamloops
Metropolitan Archbishop	J. Michael Miller Archbishop of Vancouver
Bishops emeritus	David Monroe Lawrence Sabatini, C.S.,
Website
http://www.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 Joseph Phuong Nguyen.

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

• Edward Quentin Jennings (1946–1952), appointed Bishop of Fort William, Ontario
• Michael Alphonsus Harrington (1952–1973)
• Adam Exner (1974–1982), appointed Archbishop of Winnipeg, Manitoba
• Lawrence Sabatini, C.S. (1982–1999) – Bishop Emeritus
• David Monroe (2002–2016) – Bishop Emeritus
• Joseph Phuong Nguyen (2016–present)

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.

Religious institutes

Men

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

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)

Sex abuse lawsuit

On August 25, 2020, British Columbia justice David Crossin ordered the office of the Bishop of Kamloops and former priest Erlindo Molon, who was by then 88 years old, to pay $844,140 in damages to Rosemary Anderson, who claimed Molon raped her 75 to 100 times since 1976, when she was 26 years old. During the lawsuit, former Kamloops Bishop Adam Exner, who would eventually be appointed Archbishop of Vancouver, said during witness testimony that he knew Molon “was molesting people,” including Anderson. Exner also stated that Molon was not stripped of his priesthood status until after Anderson told him that Molon raped her and asked her to marry him.

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

1. Catholic Hierarchy - Statistics section - retrieved April 28, 2009
2. "Patrons Of The Diocese". RCDK.org. Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops. Archived from the original on April 15, 2013. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
3. ^ "BREAKING: Catholic priest sex abuse victim awarded $844,140 | Delta Optimist". www.delta-optimist.com. Archived from the original on 2020-10-28.

External links

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamloops official site
• "Diocese of Kamloops". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-13.

• Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Vancouver
• Christian organizations established in 1945
• Kamloops
• History of British Columbia
• Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
• Roman Catholic bishops of Kamloops