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Biography & Autobiography Historical

They Call Me Father

Memoirs of Father Nicolas Coccola

edited by Margaret Whitehead

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Jan 1988
Category
Historical, Adventurers & Explorers, Pre-Confederation (to 1867), Post-Confederation (1867-)
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774803960
    Publish Date
    Jan 1988
    List Price
    $32.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774842402
    Publish Date
    Nov 2011
    List Price
    $29.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774803137
    Publish Date
    Mar 1983
    List Price
    $47.00

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Description

In 1857, the French Roman Catholic religious order, the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, began permanent missionary work among the Native peoples of British Columbia. The memoirs of Father Nicolas Coccola, a Corsican-born Oblate who arrived in the province in 1880, reveal the complexity of the work carried out by the ordinary missionary priests.

About the author

Contributor Notes

Margaret Whitehead is a professor in the History Department at the University of Victoria.

Editorial Reviews

Recommended to anyone interested in the history of the Roman Catholic church's missionary activities in British Columbia or in the cultural changes experienced by the native people around the turn of the century.

BC Historical News

Diligent research provides some stimulating reflections on what the great Belgian priest Pierre Charles called missiology, and Whitehead's comparison of Jesuit mission methodology in the Pacific Northwest with that of the Oblates is of special interest.

Wilfred P. Schoenberg, SJ, Columbia

These recollections provide a basis for comparison of the ordinary and the exceptional pioneer Oblate missionary.

BC Studies