Diocese of Fall River

{{Short description|Latin Catholic jurisdiction in the US}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox diocese | jurisdiction = Diocese | name = Fall River | latin = Dioecesis Riverormenensis | local =  | border = Catholic | image = St Marys Fall River - Northeast.jpg | image_size = 225px | image_alt = | caption = Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption | coat = Coat of arms of the Diocese of Fall River.svg | coat_size = 150px | coat_alt = | coat_caption = Coat of arms  | country = {{flag|United States}} | territory = {{flag|Massachusetts}} counties of Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Nantucket, and the towns of Marion, Mattapoisett, and Wareham on the south coast of Plymouth County<ref name="catholic-hierarchy.dfall">{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dfall.html| title=Diocese of Fall River| encyclopedia=Catholic-Hierarchy.org |publisher=David M. Cheney |date=March 17, 2024 |access-date=March 26, 2024}}</ref> | episcopal conference = United States Conference of Catholic Bishops | ecclesiastical region = Region I | province = Boston | metropolitan = Boston | deaneries = | headquarters = | coordinates = {{coord|41|42|39|N|71|08|50|W|source:kolossus-plwiki|format=dms|display=title,inline}}  | area_km2 = 3,107 | area_footnotes = <ref name="catholic-hierarchy.dfall"/> | population = 825,540{{efn|name="ap2022"|''Annuario Pontificio'' (2022) via ''Catholic-Hierarchy.org''<ref name="catholic-hierarchy.dfall"/><ref name="look">{{cite web| title=A Look at the Diocese| url=http://www.fallriverdiocese.org/glance.asp?display=Statistics| publisher=Diocese of Fall River| access-date=2013-11-05}}</ref>}} | population_as_of = 2021 | catholics = 275,290{{efn|name="ap2022"}} | catholics_percent = {{percentage|275,290|825,540|1|%=}} | parishes = 78{{efn|name="ap2022"}} | churches =  | congregations =  | schools =  | members =   | denomination = Catholic | sui_iuris_church = Latin Church | rite = Roman Rite | established = March 12, 1904 | dissolved = | cathedral = Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption | cocathedral = | patron = Saint Mary of the Assumption<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fallriverdiocese.org/st-marys-cathedral/|title = St. Mary's Cathedral}}</ref> | priests = 123 plus 63 religious priests<ref name="catholic-hierarchy.dfall"/>  | pope = {{Incumbent pope}}  | bishop = Edgar Moreira da Cunha | bishop_title = | metro_archbishop = Richard Henning | coadjutor = | auxiliary_bishops = | apostolic_admin = | vicar_general = | episcopal_vicar = | judicial_vicar = | emeritus_bishops =  | map = Diocese of Fall River map 1.jpg | map_size = | map_alt = | map_caption =  | website = {{URL|www.fallriverdiocese.org}} | footnotes = }} The '''Diocese of Fall River''' ({{langx|la|Dioecesis Riverormensis}}) is a diocese of the Catholic Church in southeastern Massachusetts in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Boston. The mother church is St. Mary's Cathedral in Fall River. The bishop is Edgar Moreira da Cunha.

== Diocesan statistics == The Diocese of Fall River spans Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, and Nantucket Counties. It also includes the towns of Marion, Mattapoisett, and Wareham along the coast of Plymouth County. The diocese covers Cape Cod and the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.<ref name="look" />

== History ==

=== 1700 to 1808 === Before the American Revolution, the British Province of Massachusetts Bay, which included southern Massachusetts and Cape Cod, had enacted laws prohibiting the practice of Catholicism in the colony. It was even illegal for a priest to reside there. To gain the support of Massachusetts Catholics to fight against the British, revolutionary leaders were forced to enact religious freedom for Catholics in 1780.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Freedom of Religion Comes to Boston {{!}} Archdiocese of Boston |url=https://www.bostoncatholic.org/historical-sketch-archdiocese-boston/freedom-religion-comes-boston |access-date=2023-02-25 |website=www.bostoncatholic.org}}</ref>

After the Revolution ended in 1783, Pope Pius VI erected in 1784 the Prefecture Apostolic of the United States, encompassing the entire territory of the new nation. Pius VI created the Diocese of Baltimore, the first diocese in the United States, to replace the prefecture apostolic in 1789.<ref name="history2">{{cite web |title=Our History |url=http://www.archbalt.org/our-history/index.cfm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724200915/http://archbalt.org/our-history/index.cfm |archive-date=July 24, 2008 |access-date=2009-03-30 |publisher=Archdiocese of Baltimore}}</ref>

=== 1808 to 1900 === Pope Pius VII erected the Diocese of Boston on April 8, 1808, including all of New England in its jurisdiction.<ref>[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dbalt.html Page on Archdiocese of Baltimore on ''Catholic Hierarchy'' web site.]</ref> Bishop Jean-Louis de Cheverus of Boston established St Lawrence's Church, the first Catholic church in New Bedford in 1821,with the assistance of Portuguese sailors and Irish laborers.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Our History |url=https://www.fallriverdiocese.org/our-history/ |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Fall River Diocese |language=en-US}}</ref> The first Catholic church on Cape Cod was St. Peter's, constructed in Sandwich in 1830. Fall River received it first Catholic church in 1837 when St. John the Baptist was completed.<ref name=":1" /> In 1869, the first Portuguese language parish in the country was erected in Fall River.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ST. MICHAEL PARISH HISTORY |url=https://www.mjfallriver.org/st-michael-parish-history |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=St. Michael & St. Joseph Parishes |language=en-US}}</ref>

The Diocese of Providence was erected by Pope Pius IX on February 17, 1872. The pope removed the counties of Bristol, Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket in Massachusetts from the Archdiocese of Boston. <ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Providence (Diocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy] |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dprov.html |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}}</ref>The present day Diocese of Fall River area would remain part of the Diocese of Providence for the next 32 years.

=== 1900 to 1950 === Pope Pius X erected the Diocese of Fall River on March 12, 1904. He took all of the Massachusetts counties from Diocese of Providence for the new diocese, making it a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Boston. William Stang was the first bishop.<ref name=":2" /> At the time of his appointment, the new diocese had 44 parishes serving 130,000 Catholics.<ref name=":1" />

On May 8, 1904, St. Mary's Cathedral was packed with worshipers for Stang's first mass, with police detachments controlling the crowd, estimated at 25,000 people, on the street outside the building.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1904-05-09 |title=OVATION FOR BISHOP STANG.; Crowds Gather for the Celebration of His First Mass. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1904/05/09/archives/ovation-for-bishop-stang-crowds-gather-for-the-celebration-of-his.html |access-date=2022-06-02 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Conley |first1=Patrick T. |contribution=Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=twuUDwAAQBAJ&dq=Bishop+Stang&pg=PA124 |title=Leaders of Rhode Island's Golden Age, The |date=2019 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |isbn=978-1-4671-4148-2 |language=en}}</ref> During his tenure, Stang established eleven parishes and founded Saint Anne's Hospital in Fall River. One of the new parishes was St. Boniface, a German parish in New Bedford.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Bishop William Stang – Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame |url=http://riheritagehalloffame.com/Bishop-William-Stang/ |access-date=2022-06-02 |language=en-US}}</ref>

After Stang's death in 1907, Pius X appointed Daniel Feehan from the Diocese of Springfield as the second bishop of Fall River that same year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bishop Daniel Francis Feehan [Catholic-Hierarchy] |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bfeehand.html |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}}</ref> During his 27-year tenure, Feehan established 36 parishes. To assist Feehan, Pope Pius IX named Auxiliary Bishop James Cassidy as coadjutor bishop of the diocese in 1934. Feehan died in office later that year and Cassidy automatically succeeded him as bishop.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bishop James Edwin Cassidy [Catholic-Hierarchy] |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcassidy.html |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}}</ref> Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro was named in his honor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bishop Daniel Feehan |url=https://www.bishopfeehan.com/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=2275300&type=d&pREC_ID=2206602 |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=www.bishopfeehan.com |language=en}}</ref>

=== 1950 to 1970 === thumb|239x239px|Stonehill College, Easton, Massachusetts (2006) As bishop, Cassidy founded several homes for senior citizens.<ref name="diocese">{{cite news |title=Our History |work=Diocese of Fall River |url=http://www.fallriverdiocese.org/glance.asp?display=History |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105220721/http://www.fallriverdiocese.org/glance.asp?display=History |archivedate=2013-11-05}}</ref> In 1945, Pope Pius XII appointed James Connolly to serve as coadjutor bishop to assist Cassidy.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Bishop James Louis Connolly [Catholic-Hierarchy] |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bconj.html |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}}</ref> In 1948, the Congregation of Holy Cross founded Stonehill College in Easton.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Stonehill |url=https://www.stonehill.edu/about-stonehill/history-of-stonehill/ |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=Stonehill College |language=en}}</ref> In early 1951, Cassidy published a pastoral letter forbidding girls cheerleading at Catholic high schools in the diocese, citing what he termed the indecency of their outfits. He also banned football games at night.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1950-01-28 |title=Fall River Bishop Bars Girls as Cheerleaders |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1950/01/28/archives/fall-river-bishop-bars-girls-as-cheerleaders.html |access-date=2022-06-02 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

Following Cassidy's death in 1951, Connolly automatically became the new bishop.<ref name=":3" /> Bishop Cassidy High School in Taunton, later renamed Coyle and Cassidy High School following its merger with the all-male Monsignor Coyle High School, was named in Cassidy's honor. As bishop, one of Connolly's special concerns was with providing secondary education in the four urban areas of the diocese. He constructed four Catholic high schools during his tenure. Bishop Connolly High School<ref name="connolly">{{cite web| url=http://www.bishopconnolly.com/pages/Bishop_Connolly_HS/About/History| title=History| publisher=Bishop Connolly High School| access-date=2013-11-05}}</ref> was dedicated to him in 1967. He also founded the diocesan newspaper, ''The Anchor''.<ref name="anchor">{{cite web| title=About The Anchor| url=http://www.anchornews.org/contact/about.html| publisher=The Anchor| access-date=2016-03-03}}</ref>

=== 1970 to 2002 === thumb|Cardinal O'Malley (2009) After Connolly retired in 1970, Pope Paul VI appointed Auxiliary Bishop Daniel Cronin of the Archdiocese of Boston as the fifth bishop of Fall River.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Archbishop Daniel Anthony Cronin [Catholic-Hierarchy] |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcronin.html |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}}</ref> Cronin continued the work of implementing the decrees of the Second Vatican Council and supported liturgical renewal, continuing education of the clergy and the restoration of the permanent diaconate. He expanded Catholic Counseling and Social Services as well as the Family Life Ministry.<ref name="history">{{cite web| title=Our History| url=http://www.fallriverdiocese.org/glance.asp?display=History| publisher=Diocese of Fall River| access-date=2013-11-05| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105220721/http://www.fallriverdiocese.org/glance.asp?display=History| archive-date=2013-11-05}}</ref> Late in 1991, Pope John Paul II appointed Cronin as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Hartford.<ref name=":4" />

To replace Cronin, John Paul II appointed Bishop Seán O'Malley of the Diocese of St. Thomas in 1992 as the new bishop of Fall River.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Seán Patrick Cardinal O’Malley [Catholic-Hierarchy] |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bomalley.html |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}}</ref> He established an office for AIDS Ministry and two new residences for women and reorganized the diocesan administration. O’Malley created the Office of Pastoral Planning to assist him on merging parishes and assigning priests.<ref name=":1" />

=== 2002 to present === In 2002, John Paul II named O'Malley as bishop of the Diocese of Palm Beach and appointed George Coleman as his successor.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Bishop George William Coleman [Catholic-Hierarchy] |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcole.html |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}}</ref> In March 2005, Bernard Kelly, pastor of St. Joseph's Church in Barnstable, was indicted on embezzlement and filing false tax returns. He was accused of stealing over $500,000 from his church.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lehmert |first=Amanda |date=March 9, 2005 |title=Priest indicted on theft charges |url=https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2005/03/09/priest-indicted-on-theft-charges/50911347007/ |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=Cape Cod Times |language=en-US}}</ref> In May 2005, the diocese settled a lawsuit against Kelly for $1.3 million.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Priest embezzlement case settled |url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/state/2005/05/18/priest-embezzlement-case-settled/50384031007/ |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=New Bedford Standard-Times |language=en-US}}</ref>Kelly pleaded guilty in 2006 and was sentenced to seven years of probation.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Regional digest |url=https://www.telegram.com/story/news/local/south-west/2006/12/03/regional-digest/53008267007/ |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=The Worcester Telegram & Gazette |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2007, Coleman dedicated Pope John Paul II High School in Hyannis, the first Catholic high school on Cape Cod.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Foundations {{!}} St. John Paul II School |url=https://jpiihyannis.org/foundations/ |access-date=2026-04-27 |language=en-US}}</ref> He also created a directorship of Faith Formation, a youth ministry and a marriage and family ministry.<ref name=":1" /> Coleman retired in 2014.<ref name=":6" />

On July 3, 2014, Pope Francis appointed Auxiliary Bishop Edgar Moreira da Cunha from the Archdiocese of Newark as the eighth bishop of Fall River.<ref>{{cite news |author= |title=Pope Francis appoints new bishop for Fall River Diocese |url=http://www.tauntongazette.com/article/20140703/NEWS/140708671?template=printart |newspaper=Taunton Daily Gazette |location=Taunton, Mass. |date=July 3, 2014 |access-date=July 4, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Allard |first=Deborah |date=July 4, 2014 |title=Da Cunha named new bishop of Fall River diocese |url=http://www.tauntongazette.com/article/20140703/NEWS/140708350?template=printart |newspaper=Taunton Daily Gazette |location=Taunton, Mass. |access-date=July 4, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdacu.html| title=Bishop Edgar Moreira da Cunha| access-date=5 January 2013}}</ref> As of 2026, Da Cunha is the current bishop of Fall River.

The diocese in May 2025 announced the closure of five parishes due to the shortage of priests:

* St. Francis of Assisi Parish in New Bedford * St. Theresa of the Child Jesus Parish in Attleboro * Our Lady of Grace, St. George, and St. John the Baptist parishes in Westport<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2025-05-27 |title=Diocese of Fall River to close 5 parishes as part of upcoming changes |url=https://turnto10.com/news/local/fall-river-diocese-to-close-several-parishes-upcoming-changes-new-bedford-attleboro-westport-establish-new-bishop-relief-priests-mass-attendance-may-27-2025 |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=WJAR |language=en}}</ref>

===Sexual abuse=== {{Main article|Sexual abuse scandal in Fall River diocese}}

In the early 1990s, revelations surfaced about how the Diocese of Fall River protected James Porter from charges of sexual abuse between 1960 and 1964. In 1960, the priest had been assigned to St. Mary's grammar school. Parents soon started filing complaints against him with the diocese. The diocese took no action until 1963; by that time, at least four parents had complained. The diocese then moved Porter to a parish in Fall River without notifying police or the new parish about the allegations. More complaints were made against Porter.<ref name="nbcnews">{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna6955607|agency=Associated Press|title=Pedophile priest James Porter dies at 70|website=NBC News|publisher=NBCUniversal|location=New York City|date=February 11, 2005|access-date=April 23, 2020}}</ref> In 1964, he was arrested on sex abuse charges.<ref>{{cite news|first1=Stephen |last1=Kurkjian|first2=Linda|last2=Matchan|url=https://archive.boston.com/globe/spotlight/abuse/archives/082993_porter.htm|title=Other abuse by Porter alleged in N.M.|newspaper=Boston Globe|publisher=Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC|location=Boston, Massachusetts|date=July 24, 1992|access-date=April 23, 2020}}</ref> He was then sent for inpatient hospital treatment. He left the priesthood in 1974 and started a family. He was arrested several times in the following years and served multiple prison terms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Boston Globe / Spotlight / Abuse in the Catholic Church |url=https://archive.boston.com/globe/spotlight/abuse/archives/082993_porter.htm |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=archive.boston.com}}</ref><ref name="spotlight">{{cite news|first=Linda|last=Matchan|url=https://archive.boston.com/globe/spotlight/abuse/archives/082993_porter.htm|title=Abuse in the Catholic Church: Town secret|newspaper=Boston Globe|publisher=Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC|location=Boston, Massachusetts|date=August 29, 1993|access-date=April 23, 2020}}</ref> He died in prison in 2005.<ref name="nbcnews" />

A lawsuit was filed in 2014 against Archbishop Cronin of Hartford by two men who claimed they were sexually abused as minors by Maurice Souza, a priest in East Falmouth. The plaintiffs claimed that Cronin, then bishop of Fall River, failed to properly supervise Souza, who allegedly molested the minors during the 1980's in East Falmouth and on athletic trips out of town.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Lawsuit filed against former Bishop Cronin, Diocese of Fall River |url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/2014/05/12/lawsuit-filed-against-former-bishop/37363269007/ |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=New Bedford Standard-Times |language=en-US}}</ref> In January 2019, Cronin and the two men reached a settlement, with each man to receive $200,000.<ref>{{Cite web |agency=Associated Press |date=2019-01-24 |title=Settlements Reached in Two Clergy Sex Abuse Cases on Cape Cod |url=https://wbsm.com/settlements-reached-in-two-clergy-sex-abuse-cases-on-cape-cod/ |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=1420 WBSM |language=en}}</ref>

In December 2020, a grand jury at Barnstable Superior Court indicted Mark R. Hession on two counts of rape, one count of indecent assault and battery on a child under age 14, and one count of intimidation of a witness.<ref name="hessonindicted">{{cite news|url=https://hyannisnews.com/mark-r-hession-cape-cod-centerville-massachusetts-hyannis-port-breaking-hn-video-priest-who-delivered-homily-at-senator-kennedys-funeral-indicted-on-rape-charges/|title=BREAKING HN VIDEO: Priest who delivered homily at Senator Kennedy's funeral indicted on rape charges.|first=Robert|last=Bastile|publisher=Hyannis News|date=December 11, 2020|access-date=January 3, 2020}}</ref> The priest had worked closely with the Kennedy family and delivered the homily at Senator Ted Kennedy's funeral in 2009.<ref name="hessonindicted" /> The diocese in January 2021 released a list of 75 priests with credible accusations of sexual abuse, going back to 1904.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dunlop |first=Kiernan |title=After two-year review, Fall River Diocese releases list of clergy credibly accused of abuse |url=https://www.southcoasttoday.com/story/news/crime/2021/01/07/fall-river-diocese-releases-list-clergy-credibly-accused-sex-abuse/6588166002/ |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=New Bedford Standard-Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

The diocese in May 2023 settled a lawsuit brought by Jason Medeiros. Three years early, Medeiros had alleged that Richard DeGagne had sexually assaulted him when he was a minor in the 1980's at St. Anthony of Padua Parish in New Bedford. The diocese suspended DeGagne from his priestly duties in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-09 |title=Diocese of Fall River and priest reach settlement with sexual abuse victim |url=https://turnto10.com/news/local/diocese-of-fall-river-settlement-with-sexual-abuse-victim-attorney-mitchell-garabedian-richard-degagne-may-9-2023 |access-date=2023-07-04 |website=NBC 10 News |publisher=WJAR |language=en}}</ref>

The diocese in May 2025 removed Jay Mello as pastor of Saint Michael's and Saint Joseph's Parishes and suspended him from ministry. This was due to two credible allegations of sexual abuse from 2011. <ref>{{Cite web |last=Haynes |first=Veronica |date=2025-07-03 |title=Massachusetts diocese removes priest over sexual misconduct claims |url=https://www.wcvb.com/article/diocese-fall-river-priest-sexual-misconduct-claims/65286596 |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=WCVB |language=en}}</ref>

==Bishops== ===Bishops of Fall River=== # William Stang (1904–1907) # Daniel Francis Feehan (1907–1934) # James Edwin Cassidy (1934–1951; coadjutor bishop 1934) # James Louis Connolly (1951–1970; coadjutor bishop 1945–1951) # Daniel Anthony Cronin (1970–1992), appointed Archbishop of Hartford # Seán Patrick O'Malley (1992–2002), appointed Bishop of Palm Beach and later Archbishop of Boston (created Cardinal in 2006) # George William Coleman (2003–2014) # Edgar Moreira da Cunha (2014–present)

===Auxiliary Bishops of Fall River=== * James Edwin Cassidy (1930–1934), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Fall River (see above) * James Joseph Gerrard (1959–1976)

===Other diocesan priests who became bishops=== * John Edward Morris (priest here, 1914–1921), appointed Prefect of Peng-Yang in 1930 * William Otterwell Brady, appointed Bishop of Sioux Falls in 1939 * Humberto Sousa Medeiros, appointed Bishop of Brownsville in 1966 and Archbishop of Boston in 1970; future Cardinal * Joseph Patrick Delaney (priest here, 1960–1971), appointed Bishop of Fort Worth in 1981

==Education==

===Schools=== * Bishop Feehan High School – Attleboro * Bishop Stang High School – Dartmouth * Saint John Paul II High School – Hyannis

===Colleges=== Stonehill College – Easton

==Landmarks==  In addition to St. Mary's Cathedral, two other major churches in the diocese are St. Anthony of Padua in New Bedford, Santo Christo Church and Shrine, and St. Anne's both in Fall River.

The Diocese of Fall River is also home to the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette, owned and operated by the Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette.

== Notes == {{notelist}}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{CE Poster|Diocese of Fall River}} * {{Official website|http://www.fallriverdiocese.org}} * [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dfall.html Catholic Hierarchy Profile of the Diocese of Fall River] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080312003805/http://www.fallriverdiocese.org/glance.asp?display=StMarysCathedral Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption (Fall River)] * [http://www.thecatholicdirectory.com/directory.cfm?fuseaction=search_directory&country=US&state=MA&absolutecity=Fall%20River TheCatholicDirectory.com – Helping People Find Mass Worldwide] * [https://lasaletteattleboroshrine.org National Shrine of Our Lady of La Salette]

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