Biografía
Nicholas Coccola left France for British Columbia on June 6, 1880 aboard the SS Gascoigne, arriving in New York City thirteen days later. After taking a train to San Francisco, he boarded a small sidewheel sternwheeler and arrived in New Westminster on July 26. At the St. Mary's Mission, Coccola continued his studies and on Passion Sunday, 1881, he was ordained a Roman Catholic priest and sent to Kamloops.
He was a Roman Catholic priest who was a member of the Oblate order.
He spent 63 years in different regions of the province, working among the Shuswap, Kootenai, Dakelh, Sekani, Gitxsan, Hagwilget, Babine and Lheidli T'enneh First Nations.
He was a novice at Notre Dame de L’Osier.
He was ordained in 1881 at St. Mary’s Mission.
In 1887 he was posted to St. Eugene’s Mission in Cranbrook in charge of Indian Missions.
In 1883 he was assigned to serve the spiritual needs of the CPR railway construction workers in the mountain areas.
He was then transferred to Fort Steele and the Crowsnest Pass area.
He was appointed to the Smithers Hospital as Chaplain.
Referencias
- Cronin, Kay (1960)
- Nobbs, Ruby M. (1998)
- en.wikipedia.org ↗
