Bishop Viard College
{{Short description|Secondary school in New Zealand}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2024}}
{{Infobox school
| name = Bishop Viard College
| seal_image = viard crest.jpg
| motto = Truth is Light
| established = 1968; {{years ago|1968}} years ago
| principal = Chris Theobald
| address = 20 Kenepuru Drive,
Porirua,
New Zealand
| coordinates = {{coord|-41.1404|174.8393|type:edu_region:NZ-WGN|display=inline,title}}
| type = State integrated, Co-educational, Secondary Years 7–13
| roll = {{NZ school roll data|256|y||y}} ({{NZ school roll data|||y}})
| MOE = 256
| homepage = [http://www.viard.school.nz/ viard.school.nz]
}}
Bishop Viard College, also known as Viard College or BVC, is a coeducational, integrated, secondary school (years 7–13) located in Kenepuru, Porirua, New Zealand.
History
The college was founded in 1968 by Cardinal Peter McKeefry, Archbishop of Wellington, and was staffed by the Assumptionist Fathers and the Brigidine Sisters. The school was named after Philippe Viard, the first Catholic Bishop of Wellington. Originally the school consisted of two institutions (for boys and girls) on the same site, however it became a single co-educational unit in 1975.
The school celebrated its 50th Jubilee on Labour weekend, 19–21 October 2018.{{Cite web |url=http://www.viard.school.nz/ |title=BVC redirect |access-date=24 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724202131/http://www.viard.school.nz/ |archive-date=24 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}
Notable alumni
{{main category | People educated at Bishop Viard College}}
- Brent Anderson – rugby union player{{Cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/70107930/bishop-viard-rugby-reunion-recalls-glory-days|title=Bishop Viard rugby reunion recalls glory days|date=9 July 2015}}
- Bernard Cadogan – poet, philosopher, and historian{{Cite web|url=https://www.treasury.govt.nz/sites/default/files/2011-04/tgls-cadogan.pdf|title=Guest Lecturer Dr. Bernard Cadogan "Treaty and Method: New Zealand’s Treaty Constitution and the Interpretation of the Treaty of Waitangi"|date=April 2011}}
- Joe Filemu – rugby union player{{cite web |url=https://www.rugbyhistory.co.nz/player/john-a-filemu|title=John A Filemu|work=New Zealand Rugby History}}
- Izzy Ford – local-body politician and rugby union player
- Faifili Levave – rugby union player
- Vince Mellars – rugby league and rugby union player
- Anthony Perenise – rugby union player
- John Schwalger – rugby union player
Notes
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Sources
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- Lillian G. Keys, Philip Viard, Bishop of Wellington, Pegasus Press, Christchurch, 1968.
- Ernest Richard Simmons, Brief history of the Catholic Church in New Zealand, Catholic Publications Centre, Auckland, 1978.
- Michael King, God's farthest outpost : a history of Catholics in New Zealand, Viking, Auckland 1997.
- Michael O'Meeghan S.M., Steadfast in hope : the story of the Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington 1850–2000, Dunmore press, Palmerston North, 2003.
- {{DNZB|Broadbent|John V|1v1|Viard, Philippe Joseph 1809–1872 Priest, missionary, bishop|5 April 2011}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20020902130302/http://www.tki.org.nz/e/schools/display_school_info.php?school_id=256 Te Kete Ipurangi]
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110724202131/http://www.viard.school.nz/ School website]
{{Schools in Wellington}}
Category:Educational institutions established in 1968
Category:Catholic secondary schools in the Wellington Region