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Notable Diocesan Dates
January
1: St. Joseph Church, Taunton dedicated, 1911;
First Mass celebrated at St. Anthony Church, East Falmouth, 1923
5: First Conferral of Marian Medals, 1968
6: Bishop Feehan High School, Attleboro dedicated, 1962
11: First Bishops' Charity Ball, 1956
12: St. Pius X Church, South Yarmouth dedicated 1969
15: Open House held at Madonna Manor, North Attleboro, 1966
February
2: Our Lady's Haven, Fairhaven dedicated, 1945
4: St. Anne's Hospital, Fall River dedicated 1906
6: St. Stephen Parish, Attleboro established, 1885
8: Ministry to Spanish-speaking initiated, 1961
10: First Sunday Mass offered in Taunton, 1828
March
5: Archbishop Humberto S. Medeiros named Cardinal, 1973
12: Diocese of Fall River established by Pope Pius X, 1904
13: St. Louis de France Parish, Swansea established, 1928
14: First Baptisms celebrated in New Bedford, 1821
19: First Convent of Religious Women, Sisters of Mercy, opened, 1873;
Auxiliary Bishop James J. Gerrard consecrated, 1959
25: Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Fall River dedicated, 1900;
Holy Family Church, East Taunton dedicated, 1909
April
9: St. Francis Xavier Church, Acushnet dedicated 1916
11: First issue of The Anchor published, 1957
14: Department of Pastoral Care of the Sick established, 1977
17: Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Wellfleet established, 1910;
St. Mark Church, Attleboro Falls dedicated, 1971
21: St. Anthony Church, Mattapoisett dedicated, 1974
24: St. Augustine Parish, Vineyard Haven established, 1957
May
1: Bishop William Stang consecrated, 1904;
Holy Redeemer Parish, Chatham established, 1955
3: St. Joseph Church, Fairhaven dedicated, 1925
8: Bishop William Stang installed as First Bishop of Fall River, 1904
9: Our Lady of Purgatory Church, New Bedford dedicated, 1953
10: St. Mary Church, South Dartmouth dedicated, 1956
12: St. Joseph Church, North Dighton dedicated, 1935
15: St. Elizabeth Parish, Edgartown established, 1969
16: St. Therese Church, Attleboro dedicated, 1957
17: Bishop James L. Connolly succeeds Bishop Cassidy, 1951
18: First Mass offered in Fall River, 1828
19: Sacred Heart Priests and Brothers arrive in Fairhaven, 1905
20: St. Anthony of Padua Church, Fall River dedicated, 1969
21: Religious of Jesus and Mary arrive in Fall River, 1877
22: St. Michael Parish, Swansea established, 1922;
First Conferral of Pope St. Pius X Youth Awards, 2002
23: First Mass celebrated at St. Mary Church, Mansfield, 1965
24: Bishop James L. Connolly consecrated, 1945
27: Bishop James E. Cassidy consecrated, 1930
29: St. John of God Church, Somerset dedicated, 1978
30: St. Joseph Church, Fall River dedicated, 1885;
St. Mary Church, Seekonk dedicated, 1957
31: Our Lady of Fatima Parish, New Bedford established, 1966
June
1: Holy Ghost Parish, Attleboro established, 1921;
Holy Name Parish, Fall River established, 1923;
St. Rita Parish, Marion established, 1972
3: St. Patrick Parish, Falmouth established, 1928;
St. Francis of Assisi Parish, New Bedford established, 1929;
Diocesan Council of Catholic Women established, 1953
5: Good Shepherd Parish, Fall River established, 2002
7: First Class of Permanent Deacons ordained, 1980
9: Fall River priest Humberto S. Medeiros consecrated bishop of Brownsville, Texas, 1966
14: Blessed Teresa of Calcutta visited New Bedford, 1995
19: First St. Mary Church, North Attleboro dedicated, 1859
20: Annunciation of the Lord Parish, Taunton established, 2001
24: First St. John the Baptist Church, New Bedford dedicated, 1875
25: St. Joseph Church, Woods Hole dedicated, 1882
26: Santo Christo Parish, Fall River established, 1892;
First Diocesan priest, Edward F. Coyle, ordained, 1904
28: First Diocesan Synod convened, 1905;
Holy Trinity Parish, Fall River established, 2000
Catholic Memorial Home, Fall River blessed, 1939
July
1: Our Lady of Victory Parish, Centerville established, 1957
4: St. Anne Church, Fall River, dedicated, 1906;
St. Margaret Church, Buzzards Bay dedicated, 1915
7: St. Ann Parish, Raynham established, 1960
8: Espirito Santo Parish, Fall River established, 1904
10: Holy Rosary Church, Fall River dedicated, 1904
12: Our Lady of the Cape Church, Brewster dedicated, 1962
13: St. John the Baptist Church, Westport dedicated, 1980
16: Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, New Bedford dedicated, 1904
17: St. Elizabeth Seton Church, North Falmouth dedicated, 1977
19: Our Lady of Assumption Church, Osterville dedicated, 1905
22: Bishop George W. Coleman ordained Seventh Bishop of Fall River, 2003
25: St. Anne Church, New Bedford dedicated, 1948;
St. Jacques Church, Taunton dedicated, 1954
28: St. Paul Parish, Taunton established, 1904
29: St. Anthony Church, Taunton dedicated, 1951
31: Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Parish, New Bedford established, 1993
August
3: First Immaculate Conception Church, North Easton dedicated, 1851
4: First Mass celebrated in Our Lady of the Isle Church, Nantucket, 1897
6: St. John the Evangelist Church, Pocasset dedicated, 1932
7: St. Francis Xavier Church, Hyannis dedicated, 1904
8: St. Mary Cathedral cornerstone laid, 1852
11: Bishop Sean O'Malley, OFM, Cap., installed as Sixth Bishop of Fall River, 1992
12: St. Joan of Arc Church, Orleans dedicated, 1984
13: St. Lawrence Church, New Bedford dedicated, 1871
15: Holy Trinity Church, West Harwich dedicated, 1965
23: Star of the Sea Church, Oak Bluffs dedicated, 1920
24: Sacred Heart Parish, North Attleboro established, 1904
31: Holy Cross Church, South Easton dedicated, 1967;
Corpus Christi Church, East Sandwich dedicated, 2003
September
1: Our Lady of Assumption Church, New Bedford dedicated, 1957
2: Bishop James E. Cassidy installed as Third Bishop of Fall River, 1934
4: Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine arrive in Fall River, 1891
5: Bishop Connolly High School, Fall River opened, 1966
7: St. Mary Cathedral, Fall River consecrated, 1901
8: Coyle and Cassidy Memorial High School, Taunton opened, 1971
10: Holy Cross Fathers Seminary, North Dartmouth opened, 1934
17: St. George Church, Westport dedicated, 1924
19: Bishop Daniel F. Feehan consecrated, 1907
24: First televised Mass on WLNE - Channel 6, 1963
25: Immaculate Conception Church, Taunton dedicated, 1954
27: Office of Family Ministry established, 1979
October
1: St. Mary Parish, Norton established, 1925
2: Our Lady of Grace Church, Westport dedicated, 1954
7: Sacred Heart Church, Fall River dedicated, 1883
9: New St. Vincent's Home, Fall River dedicated, 1972
10: St. John Neumann Church, East Freetown dedicated, 1988
11: St. Peter Church, Provincetown dedicated, 1874;
St. Julie Billiart Church, North Dartmouth dedicated, 1971
12: Stonehill College, Easton dedicated, 1948
13: St. Joseph Church, Attleboro dedicated, 1929;
First Our Lady of Fatima Peace Procession, 1975
15: Catholic Burial Rites for French Explorers in Chatham, 1606
19: Sisters of the Holy Union of the Sacred Hearts arrive, 1886
21: St. Dominic Parish, Swansea established, 1911;
Office of AIDS Ministry established, 1993
23: St. Anthony of the Desert Church, Fall River dedicated, 1975
27: Immaculate Conception Church, Fall River dedicated, 1929
29: First Diocesan Scout Award Ceremony, 1939
30: Immaculate Conception Parish, New Bedford established, 1909;
St. Mary Church, Fairhaven dedicated, 1966
November
2: St. Patrick Church, Somerset dedicated, 1873
3: St. Mary Church, Taunton dedicated, 1872
5: First Cursillo opens at LaSalette, 1964
6: St. Killian Church, New Bedford dedicated, 1927;
St. John the Evangelist Church, Attleboro dedicated, 1932
9: Our Lady of Health Church, Fall River dedicated, 1924
11: Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth dedicated, 1959
12: St. Hedwig Church, New Bedford dedicated, 1961
20: St. Mary Church, New Bedford dedicated, 1988
24: St. James Church, New Bedford dedicated, 1907
25: Holy Rosary Church, Taunton dedicated, 1909;
Christ the King Church, Mashpee dedicated, 1989
27: Holy Name of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish and St. Joseph-St. Therese Parish, New Bedford established, 1999
28: St. Anthony of Padua Church, New Bedford dedicated, 1912;
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Seekonk dedicated, 1982
December
1: St. Thomas More Parish, Somerset established, 1949
3: St. Michael Church, Fall River dedicated, 1922
8: St. Patrick Church, Wareham dedicated, 1940;
LaSalette Shrine, Attleboro opened, 1953
10: St. Stanislaus Parish, Fall River established, 1898
13: Notre Dame Church, Fall River dedicated, 1987
16: Bishop Daniel A. Cronin installed as Fifth Bishop of Fall River, 1970
20: St. Bernard Church, Assonet dedicated, 1981
22: St. Peter Church, Dighton dedicated, 1901
29: Marian Manor, Taunton dedicated, 1961
31: Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, New Bedford dedicated, 1905
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