On November 1st the Church celebrates the feast of All Saints so I thought I would display some items linked to this celebration. The founders of the Diocese imported books for the training of priests. Included was this 1699 publication of the canons and decrees of the Council of Trent.
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19th Century Portable Furniture
Sitting in pride of place in our research room is the Portable Writing Bureau that once belonged to Bishop Pompallier. It was given to him by the French Royal Court before he set out for New Zealand in 1836. The bureau is mahogany covered in leather with "Monseigneur Pompallier Apostolic Vicar of ...
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Sacramental Registers – Our most Frequently Accessed Records
The Diocese has registers of Baptisms, Confirmations, Marriages and Deaths that go back to the 1840s. While Parishes usually are responsible for their own registers, older registers have been sent to the Diocesan Archive and Parishes are required to send copies to the archive.
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