| |
|
Years |
Priest Last Name |
Priest |
Church/Mission |
|
1840-1896 |
Priest |
First
Name |
Snowflake |
| Wytheville, VA priests visited every few months. Arrived by
train in Hiltons, Va. |
| From Scott, Co. the priests hiked
Clinch Mountain to a chapel near Snowflake, VA. |
|
Years |
Priest Last Name |
Priest |
Church/Mission |
| 1896-1898 |
Olivier |
E. |
Stonega Mission |
| Bluefield, West VA |
| 1898-1902 |
Burke |
|
Stonega Mission |
| Bristol, VA died while serving Stonega and Bristol |
| 1902 |
Reger,
O.S.B. |
P. Ambrose |
Stonega Mission |
| Middlesboro, Kentucky Benedictine Order |
| 1902 |
Right Rev. Bishop |
of Wheeling |
Benedictine |
| Sent Fathers from St. Bernard's Church in Cullman, ALA |
| 1902 |
Haegle,
O.S.B. |
Vincent |
Stonega Mission |
| Cullman, Alabama Priest from St. Bernard's Church. First
permanent pastor of Stonega. |
| 1902 |
Theodore,
O.S.B |
Paul |
Bristol Parish |
| Cullman, Ala Priest from St. Bernard's Church. Assigned to
Bristol VA. & TENN. |
| 1902-1911 |
Palm,
O.S.B. |
P. Augustine |
Stonega Mission |
| Cullman, Alabama St. Bernard's Church |
| 1902-1911 |
Hoch,
O.S.B. |
Anthony |
Stonega Mission |
| Sent to Hungary to learn the Magyar language, customs, and
manners. |
| Did much for the Catholic Community. |
| 1902-1911 |
Reitmeier,
O.S.B. |
Robert |
Stonega Mission |
| A native Bohemian who did much for the Stonega Catholic
Community, and assisted in |
| building little churches. |
| 1902-1911 |
Stangel,
O.S.B. |
Joseph |
Stonega Mission |
| A native Bohemian and beloved priest who assisted in
building little churches. |
| 1911-1936 |
Mittermeirer,
O.S.B. |
P. Celestine |
Stonega Mission |
| Stonega Mission started. Assisted in building churches. |
| 1911-1936 |
Athanasius |
Fr. |
Rhoda Mission |
| Stonega Mission started. Assisted in building churches. |
| 1911-1936 |
Clement |
Fr. |
Keokee Mission |
| Stonega Mission started. A house served as the church. |
| 1911-1936 |
Thomas |
Fr. |
Pardee Mission |
| Stonega Mission started. A house served as the church. |
| 1911-1936 |
Greweling,
O.S.B. |
Raymond |
Inman-Linden |
| Stonega Mission started. A church was built. |
| 1922-1936 |
Quinn,
O. S. B. |
James B. |
Norton Church |
| Assigned to the Norton area. Benedictine Annals notes there
were Italian and Syrian |
| Catholics in Norton. The railroad junction made Norton an
ideal place as a center for |
| missionary activity. In the mid 1920's a church in
Dorchester was demolished and the |
| materials were used to build the building used as a place of
worship on the 800 block |
| of Park Ave. in Norton, VA. |
| 1936-1943 |
Aarts |
Peter |
St. Anthony's |
| A Dutchman architect who owned his own concrete block
construction company. |
| Designed and built St. Anthony's Catholic Church on Virginia
Ave. in Norton, VA and |
| Sacred Heart in Appalachia, VA. St. Anthony's Church was
dedicated July 3, 1938. |
| 1936-1943 |
Aarts |
Peter |
Sacred Heart |
| Designed and built Sacred Heart Church in Appalachia, VA.
Sacred Heart was the first |
| mission church started from St. Anthony's, of Norton. Built
by Bishop Swint's Brothers. |
| Dedicated on August 28, 1938. |
| 1936-1943 |
Swint,
D. D. Bishop |
John J. |
Sacred Heart |
| Bishop of Wheeling, W, VA. Sacred Heart was built by Bishop
Swint's Brothers. |
| Dedicated on August 28, 1938. |
| 1943-1946 |
Kraus |
Mark R. |
St. Anthony's |
| Last Wheeling Diocesan Priest to serve the people of Norton
and Appalachia area. |
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Years |
Priest Last Name |
Priest |
Church/Mission |
|
1945-1979 |
Glenmary Priest |
|
St. Anthony's |
| The Glenmarians, 6 years old as a Home
Mission Society, came to Southwest Virginia, |
| and were entrusted with a parish of
some 2,2000 square miles of rugged mountains |
| terrain. St. Anthony's Catholic Church
Virginia Ave Norton, VA. |
|
Years |
Priest Last Name |
Priest |
Church/Mission |
| 1945-1949 |
Dean |
Joseph |
St. Anthony's |
| Glenmary pioneer priest assigned to Southwest VA & St.
Anthony's Catholic Church |
| Virginia Ave Norton, VA. |
| 1946-1947 |
Smith |
Edward W. |
St. Anthony's |
| Glenmary pioneer priest assigned to Southwest VA & St.
Anthony's Catholic Church |
| Virginia Ave Norton, VA. |
| 1946-1947 |
Bishop |
Howard W. |
St. Anthony's |
| 1947-1947 |
Nagle |
Joseph |
St. Anthony's |
| 1947-1948 |
Dehen |
Raymond F. |
St. Anthony's |
| 1948-1948 |
Hautz |
Roland |
St. Anthony's |
| 1948-1949 |
Kelly |
James P. |
St. Anthony's |
| 1949-1949 |
Marquardt |
John J. |
St. Anthony's |
| 1949-1960 |
Berson |
Robert |
St. Anthony's |
| 1957-1967 |
Gardner |
Frank R. |
St. Anthony's |
| 1960-1961 |
Otterbacher |
John |
St. Anthony's |
| 1962-1963 |
Bowland |
Richard |
St. Anthony's |
| 1964-1966 |
Schmidt |
Les |
St. Anthony's |
| 1967-1968 |
Browne |
William F. |
St. Anthony's |
| Glenmary Mission Priest served St. Anthony's Church, Norton
& St. Mary's Coeburn, VA. |
| 1967-1972 |
O'Brien |
Joseph C. |
St. Anthony's |
| Glenmary Mission Priest served St. Anthony's Church, Norton
& St. Mary's Coeburn, VA. |
| Built St. Anthony's Parish Hall 1972. |
| 1972-1973 |
Rausch |
John S. |
St. Anthony's |
| Glenmary Mission Priest served St. Anthony's Church, Norton
& St. Mary's Coeburn, VA. |
| Later Served St. Paul, VA Parish. Fr. John
started the Daisy Maid Services which |
| provided much needed jobs for the poverty stricken
communities of Kentucky. |
| 1973-1979 |
Bond |
Robert |
St. Anthony's |
| Built the new St. Anthony's Catholic Church. Last Glenmary
Mission Priest to serve |
| St. Anthony's. Handed St. Anthony's over to the Diocese of
Richmond. Dedicated new |
| new St. Anthony's Church in 1979. |
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Years |
Priest Last Name |
Priest |
Church/Mission |
|
1974-2003 |
Diocese Richmond |
S. W. VA |
Richmond, VA |
|
Years |
Priest Last Name |
Priest |
Church/Mission |
| 1974-2003 |
Sullivan, Bishop |
Walter F. |
Richmond, VA |
| Served as the 11th Bishop of Richmond. Bishop Sullivan was
installed July 19, 1974. |
| New Dioceses of Richmond came into being August 13 1974.
Southwest VA had formerly |
| been part of the Wheeling Diocese, is now a part of the
Richmond Diocese. |
| 1979-1984 |
Dollard |
Richard D. |
St. Anthony's |
| First new Richmond Diocesan Priest to serve the parishes of
St. Anthony's of Norton, VA |
| and served the St. Mary's Church of Coeburn. |
| 1984-1988 |
D'Aurora |
Joseph |
St. Anthony's |
| Diocesan Priest. First priest to serve the College Campus
Ministry. Mass is held in the |
| Chapel of All Faiths on the campus of University of
Virginia's College at Wise (C. V. C.) |
| 1988-1989 |
Wiggins |
Frank |
St. Anthony's |
| 1990-1997 |
Collins |
Tom |
St. Anthony's |
| 1998-2000 |
Facura |
Joseph C. |
St. Anthony's |
| Diocesan Priest for St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Norton,
VA, |
| St. Mary's Church, Coeburn, VA., and the College Campus
Ministry. |
| 2001-200_ |
Drake |
Timothy |
St. Anthony's |
| Diocesan Priest for St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Norton,
VA, and |
|
St.
Mary's Church, Coeburn, VA. |
