First MassSeptember 1818
| Location | Pembina |
|---|---|
| State/Territory | North Dakota |
| County | Pembina |
| Modern Diocese | Fargo |
| Historical Diocese | Diocese of Quebec |
| Date | September 1818 |
| Priest | Fr. Sévère Joseph Norbert Dumoulin |
| Religious Order | Diocesan / Secular clergy |
| Rite | Roman (Latin) Rite |
| Expedition | Bishop J. Octave Plessis of Quebec to the Selkirk colony |
| Confidence | confirmed |
Documentation
Notes
:The first Mass, in the territory now comprised in the Diocese of Fargo, was celebrated in Pembina, September, 1818, by Rev. Sévère Joseph Norbert Dumoulin, one of the two missionaries sent to the Selkirk colony by Bishop Plessis of Quebec." Rev. Sévère Joseph Norbert Dumoulin was servicing at the Quebec cathedral when his bishop sent him far away.
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