Antigonish is a town in northeastern Nova Scotia, Canada, and the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Antigonish.
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TraditionSourced to the subject's own accountRoman Catholic Christianity, as the seat of the Diocese of Antigonish, erected on 22 September 1844 as the Diocese of Arichat and renamed Antigonish in 1886; its first bishop, William Fraser, and the Highland Catholic settlers he served remain central to local memory. 2 Origins
FoundedSettled from the late eighteenth century by Scottish Highland immigrants, part of the wave that reached Pictou from 1791 and grew through the following decades of Highland emigration to eastern Nova Scotia. 1 Traditions
Sacred and Liturgical LanguagesSourced to the subject's own accountEnglish in ordinary parish worship, with Scottish Gaelic surviving in the region's devotional memory and Latin preserved as the historic liturgical language of the Roman Rite. 3 Connections
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This source names Antigonish directly: "against the Roman Catholic Diocese of Antigonish on 10 September 2009, covering all persons sexually assaulted by any priest of the diocese since 1 January 1950, and detailing the approved fund..."
Source Court Approves Settlement in Class Action Against Roman Catholic Diocese of Antigonish for Sexual Abuse by Priests
Source Court Approves Settlement in Class Action Against Roman Catholic Diocese of Antigonish for Sexual Abuse by Priests
This source names Antigonish directly: "on the Roman Catholic Diocese of Antigonish abuse scandal, citing CBC News and the Globe and Mail, recording the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia's 10 September 2009 approval of the class action..."
Source Sexual Abuse Scandal in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Antigonish (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica (online academic reference)
Encyclopaedia Britannica editors, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 2024account of the group's founding and originView the Source 2. Annuario Pontificio and Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae
Central Office of Church Statistics, Holy See, Libreria Editrice Vaticanatradition factthe holders' own account
3. Sacrosanctum Concilium, Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy
Second Vatican Council, Holy See, 1963fact about the tradition's sacred languagesthe holders' own accountView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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