Most Reverend John Corriveau, O.F.M., Cap
Bishop of Nelson
Appointed November 30, 2007
Ordained January 30, 2008
Installed January 31, 2008

402 West Richards Street
Nelson, BC  V1L 3K3
Office Phone: 250-354-4740
Residence Phone: 250-352-5125
Fax: 250-352-1737

Most Reverend John Corriveau, O.F.M., Cap, was ordained bishop by Most Reverend Luigi Ventura, Apostolic Nuncio to Canada in Immaculate Conception Church, Kelowna, January 30, 2008.

Bishop John, former minister general of the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor Capuchins, was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to succeed Bishop Eugene Cooney on November 30, 2007.  He was born in Zurich, Ontario in 1941 and ordained a priest in 1965.

Bishop John was installed as the sixth Bishop of Nelson last January 31, 2008 at the Cathedral of Mary Immaculate, Nelson, BC by Most Rev. Raymond Roussin, S.M., Archbishop of Vancouver.