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The Catholic Church in Jersey is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.

## History of the Catholic Church in Jersey

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Our Lady of the Annunciation Church

### Conversion in the 6th century

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The Hermitage of Saint Helier lies in the bay off Saint Helier, Jersey and is accessible on foot at low tide.

Sometime between 535 and 545 Helier, who was to become Jersey's patron saint, went to the island and brought the gospel.[1]

### From Catholicism to Protestantism in the Middle Ages

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The island of Jersey remained part of the Duchy of Normandy until 1204 when King Philip II Augustus of France conquered the duchy from King John of England. The islands remained in the personal possession of the king and were described as being a Peculiar of the Crown. However, throughout the Middle Ages, the Catholic Church did not concern itself with overly political changes and the island continued to be part of the Norman Diocese of Coutances. It was reluctant to come under the wing of the English church because it had many ties with Normandy: its language, which was much like that of the Normans; trade links; Norman customary law; and kinship to families in Normandy.

To mark the millennium in 2000, a cross was erected in each of the 12 parishes to replace the wayside crosses that fell subject to the iconoclasm of the 16th century. Here, the millennium cross of Saint Helier bears the Jèrriais inscription À la glouaithe dé Dgieu (To the glory of God).

The island embraced the French Calvinist form of Protestantism during the Reformation and the orders were received to remove all signs of Catholicism in 1547 with the Act of Dissolution of the Colleges and Chantries, which had been applied to Jersey in the Act of Uniformity 1549:[2] numerous wayside crosses were destroyed, along with religious statues and other symbols. In 1550 a Royal Commission visited the island to sell church property for the benefit of the Crown; in 1551 Sir Hugh Paulet, a member of this Royal Commission, was made Governor of the island and so he returned with a Royal Commission addressed to himself to continue the task.[3] The island remained under the Diocese of Coutances until 1569.

### Waves of Catholic immigration in the 19th century

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In the 1790s, during the French Revolution, French Catholics took refuge in Jersey, allowed to hold services but not to proselytize.

In the 1830s and 1840s, the island's Catholic community saw significant growth with the influx of Irish labourers coming to work on major building projects such as the new harbour.

Towards the end of the 19th century, Catholic teaching and nursing orders — the De La Salle brothers, Jesuits and Little Sisters of the Poor — settled in Jersey. In 1894, the Jesuits bought a property called Highlands, which later became Highlands College. In 1917, the De La Salle Brothers founded De La Salle College, Jersey.

### Occupation of Jersey

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During the German occupation of the Channel Islands, the Germans imported a priest from Normandy who was alleged to have sympathies with the Vichy regime.[4]

## The Catholic Church in Jersey today

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Saint Thomas Church's spire is prominent in Saint Helier skyline

Today, Jersey is under the Diocese of Portsmouth.

There are eight Catholic churches on the island.[5] However, there is a shortage of priests and workers and the Catholic Church there has therefore had to close two chapels[6] and sell some of its churches.[7][8]

Minorities of the Catholic faith in Jersey are not negligible, as Mass in certain churches (such as Saint Thomas's, pictured right) is regularly held in Portuguese and Polish and only occasionally today in French. Indeed, 6% of Jersey's population is Portuguese (especially Madeiran, having come to the island to work in the hotel and catering industry)[9] and among the 6% of other Europeans there is a large Irish community and a considerable Polish community.[10]

## See also

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* Religion in Jersey
* Beaulieu Convent School
* List of churches, chapels and meeting halls in the Channel Islands

## References

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1. ^ Saint Helier - Saint Hélyi - Saint Hélier Archived March 11, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ "The Image at Hougue Bie: Catholic Deceit or Protestant Propaganda". Archived from the original on 2005-02-17. Retrieved 2006-04-15.
3. ^ "CHAPTER IX. : QUEER DOINGS WITHOUT AND WITHIN". Archived from the original on 2005-01-17. Retrieved 2006-04-15.
4. ^ Online Catholics Issue 58 - Alan Gill[permanent dead link]
5. ^ "BBC - Jersey - Faith - Catholic". Archived from the original on 2005-03-18. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
6. ^ BBC NEWS | Europe | Catholic chapels to shut
7. ^ BBC NEWS | Europe | Jersey | Church considers building selling
8. ^ BBC NEWS | Europe | Jersey | Canon says stained glass must go
9. ^ BBC - Jersey - News - News in brief[permanent dead link]
10. ^ International Relations - Profile of Jersey Archived August 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine

### Online

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* Jersey Heritage Trust
* Timeline of Jersey History

## External links

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* BBC - Jersey - Faith Archived 2009-06-29 at the Wayback Machine

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