Unveiling A Monument To Father Leonard Van Tighem OMI
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- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 14 October 1962
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession No.
- 19752312133
- Physical Description
- Black and white photograph Black and white negative
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the monument to Father Leonard Van Tigehem, Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI). The monument reads: "In memory of Rev. Leonard Van Tigehem OMI first Pastor of St. Patrick's Parish Lethbridge. Born in Flanders, Belgium in 1851 arrived in St. Albert in1882 as a lay brother on the Oblate c…
- Material Type
- Photograph
- Date Range
- 14 October 1962
- Description Level
- Item
- Creator
- The Lethbridge Herald
- Physical Description
- Black and white photograph Black and white negative
- Physical Condition
- Good
- History Biographical
- The monument is outside St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, 318 10 Street South in Lethbridge.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the monument to Father Leonard Van Tigehem, Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI). The monument reads: "In memory of Rev. Leonard Van Tigehem OMI first Pastor of St. Patrick's Parish Lethbridge. Born in Flanders, Belgium in 1851 arrived in St. Albert in1882 as a lay brother on the Oblate congregation. Ordained as a priest by Bishop Vital Grandin OMI in 1883 sent to Fort MacLeod and Pincher Creek missions, became first resident priest in Lethbridge where he built St. Patrick's Church in 1887. After serving in Lethbridge from 1887 to 1909 Father Van Tigehem served in other Alberta points including Taber where on March 1917 this pioneer builder and servant of God departed this life for his eternal reward".
- Access Restrictions
- Public Access
- Accession No.
- 19752312133
- Collection
- Archive
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