BISHOP NICOLAS
DEATH AT SUVA (Reed. Aug. 16, 2 p.m.) SUVA, Aug. 16. The death is announced of the Roman Catholic bishop, the Rt. Rev. Charles Joseph Nicolas, 8.8. E. Born at Metz, Lorraine, in 1860, Bishop Nicolas was educated at Montigny, Metz and Dublin. He joined the Marist Society in 1882 and the missions six years later. He was first sent to New Caledonia, and from 1889 to 1910 was parish priest of the Suva Pro-Cathedral. During the next eight years he was provincial of Oceania and visitor of Marist missions. He was elected titular Bishop of Panopolis and coadjutor to Bishop Vidal in 1918.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19410818.2.94
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20637, 18 August 1941, Page 7
Word Count
106BISHOP NICOLAS Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20637, 18 August 1941, Page 7
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in