Name: Father Alvin Yard arrives as Holy Cross parish priest, 1976
Start: 1976-03-17
End: 1976-03-17
Location: Beaver Island

Father Alvin Yard arrives as Holy Cross parish priest, 1976

Also Father Alvin Yard appointment · 1976 Holy Cross parish succession

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TypeEvent

Date1976-03-17

WithinBeaver Island

ErasModern era

Event

Date: 1976-03-17
Kind: Appointment
Where: Beaver Island
Participants: Father Alvin Yard, O.F.M.C. (arriving-priest)
Carried out by: Holy Cross Catholic Church
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: religioncatholicismcommunicationcommunity
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The March 1976 Beaver Beacon reports Father Alvin Yard, O.F.M.C., arriving from Lorain, Ohio on St. Patrick’s Day as Holy Cross’s permanent parish priest. Fathers Camillus Gott and Bonaventure Crowley are identified as temporary replacements after Father Graf.

Evidence and limits

This is a local appointment and arrival report, not a diocesan personnel file.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

Beaver Beacon, March 1976, “New Parish Priest Arrives.”
Reports Father Alvin Yard, O.F.M.C., arriving from Lorain, Ohio on St. Patrick’s Day as permanent parish priest, after temporary replacement by Fathers Camillus Gott and Bonaventure Crowley. It does not provide a diocesan appointment document or service dates. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
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Beaver Beacon, March 1976, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held issue confirms the parish succession notice.
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Beaver Island Archive, “Father Alvin Yard arrives as Holy Cross parish priest, 1976”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/arrival-of-father-alvin-yard-holy-cross-1976/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, March 1976, “New Parish Priest Arrives.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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