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Fall River received it first Catholic church in 1837 when St. John the Baptist was completed. [7] In 1869, the first Portuguese language parish in the country was started in Fall River. The Diocese of Providence was erected by Pope Pius IX on February 17, 1872. The pope removed the counties of Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket in ...
The birth of the Fall River diocese 120 years ago. By 1904, Fall River had 18 Catholic churches in every neighborhood for every ethnic group and priests who spoke every language — even if Masses ...
Edgar Moreira da Cunha, S.D.V. (born August 21, 1953) is a Brazilian-born American Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Fall River since 2014. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark and is a member of the Vocationists
FALL RIVER — The Lumen Christi Cathedral Gala in the Diocese of Fall River is back for a second year, this time taking on extra special significance.. The annual event will not only shines a ...
It is the cathedral and a parish church in the Diocese of Fall River. Built from 1852 to 1856, the cathedral and adjacent rectory were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, as St. Mary's Cathedral and Rectory. It is the oldest extant church building in the city of Fall River, and was one of the city's first Catholic parishes
Bishop Edgar M. da Cunha, S.D.V., has issued a message for the Lenten season to Catholics throughout the Diocese of Fall River.
Holy Name School (Fall River) Holy Trinity School (Fall River) St. Michael School (Fall River) St. Stanislaus School (Fall River) St. Mary School ; All Saints Catholic School (New Bedford) - It was a merger of the St. Mary and St. Joseph-Therese schools, while using the St. Mary Campus, and formed in 2010. [4]
Diocese of Fall River closed the Our Lady of Fatima and St. Joseph-St. Therese churches. They now worship at St. Mary's in New Bedford's North End.