Parkersburg Catholic High School
Parkersburg Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Parkersburg, West Virginia. It is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston.
Parkersburg Catholic was opened in 1950,[3] located at the corner of 9th and Juliana Sts. It was moved to a new site on Fairview Ave. in 1958. It was the first Catholic high school in the area. Originally known as St. Francis Xavier High School, the name was changed to its present name in 1954. It began with its highest level as the 9th Grade, then expanded each year thereafter. It now hosts grades 7–12, with 80 students enrolled on average.[citation needed]
Hail to alma mater hail,
Never will our loyalties fail,
Hardships and studies,
Laughter and buddies,
Make us one,
Never will the memories die,
Through the years of days by,
We will be true forever,
To Parkersburg Catholic High.[citation needed]
References
External links
- School Website
- School History
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- Ordinaries
- Richard Vincent Whelan
- John Joseph Kain
- Patrick James Donahue
- John Joseph Swint
- Joseph Howard Hodges
- Francis B. Schulte
- Bernard William Schmitt
- Michael J. Bransfield
- Mark E. Brennan
- Coadjutor
- Thomas John McDonnell
- Auxiliary
- James Edward Michaels
- Cathedrals
- Cathedral of St. Joseph, Wheeling
- Basilica of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Charleston
- Parishes
- Good Shepherd Church, Coalburg
- St. Peter's Church, Harpers Ferry
- St. Francis Xavier Church, Parkersburg
- Former parishes
- St. Bernard Church, Camden
- St. Colman's Church, Dillon
- Higher education
- Catholic International University
- Wheeling Jesuit University
- High schools
- Charleston Catholic High School, Charleston
- Madonna High School, Weirton
- Notre Dame High School, Clarksburg
- Parkersburg Catholic High School, Parkersburg
- St. Joseph Central Catholic High School, Huntington
- Wheeling Central Catholic High School, Wheeling
- Former high school
- Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy, Wheeling
- Grade school
- Cathedral Parish School
- Catholicism portal