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Nicholas Coccola, an Italian-speaking, Corsican-born Oblate missionary

An Oblate missionary standing in his robes with a bible in his right hand and leaning on a table. with a heavy velvet and tassel curtain as a backdrop.

Photographer: Unknown
Fernie Museum, 1910 Catholic Directory-0046

Nicholas Coccola was an Italian-speaking, Corsican-born Oblate missionary who served at the St. Mary Mission near Kamloops, BC (from 1880) and St. Eugene Mission, near Cranbrook (from 1887). In 1904, he went to Holy Family Church, Fernie, BC.