Catholic Church in Jersey
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The Catholic Church in Jersey is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
History of the Catholic Church in Jersey
Conversion in the 6th century
Sometime between 535 and 545 Helier, who was to become Jersey's patron saint, went to the island and brought the gospel.[1]
From Catholicism to Protestantism in the Middle Ages
The island of Jersey remained part of the Duchy of
The island embraced the French Calvinist form of
Waves of Catholic immigration in the 19th century
In the 1790s, during the French Revolution, French Catholics took refuge in Jersey, allowed to hold services but not to proselytize.
In the 1830s and 1840s the island's Catholic community knew growth with the influx of Irish labourers coming to work on major building projects such as the new harbour.
Towards the end of the 19th century Catholic teaching and nursing orders — the
Occupation of Jersey
During the German occupation of the Channel Islands, the Germans imported a priest from Normandy who was alleged to have sympathies with the Vichy regime.[4]
The Catholic Church in Jersey today
Today, Jersey is under the diocese of Portsmouth.
There are eight Catholic churches on the island.[5] However, there is a shortage of priests and workers and the Catholic Church there has therefore had to close two chapels[6] and sell some of its churches.[7][8]
Minorities of the Catholic faith in Jersey are not negligible, as
See also
- Religion in Jersey
- Beaulieu Convent School
- List of churches, chapels and meeting halls in the Channel Islands
References
- ^ Saint Helier - Saint Hélyi - Saint Hélier Archived March 11, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Image at Hougue Bie: Catholic Deceit or Protestant Propaganda". Archived from the original on 2005-02-17. Retrieved 2006-04-15.
- ^ "CHAPTER IX. : QUEER DOINGS WITHOUT AND WITHIN". Archived from the original on 2005-01-17. Retrieved 2006-04-15.
- ^ Online Catholics Issue 58 - Alan Gill[permanent dead link]
- ^ "BBC - Jersey - Faith - Catholic". Archived from the original on 2005-03-18. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
- ^ BBC NEWS | Europe | Catholic chapels to shut
- ^ BBC NEWS | Europe | Jersey | Church considers building selling
- ^ BBC NEWS | Europe | Jersey | Canon says stained glass must go
- ^ BBC - Jersey - News - News in brief[permanent dead link]
- ^ International Relations - Profile of Jersey Archived August 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
Online
- Jersey Heritage Trust
- Timeline of Jersey History
External links
- BBC - Jersey - Faith Archived 2009-06-29 at the Wayback Machine