Bishop Canevin High School
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2700 Morange Road Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, (Allegheny County) 15205 United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°25′23″N 80°4′15″W / 40.42306°N 80.07083°WCoordinates: 40°25′23″N 80°4′15″W / 40.42306°N 80.07083°W |
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| Type | Private, Coeducational |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Catholic |
| Principal | Kenneth Sinagra |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Color(s) | Blue and White |
| Fight song | On Wisconsin! (On Crusaders) |
| Mascot | Crusader |
| Accreditation | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Website | www.bishopcanevin.org |
Bishop Canevin High School is a Catholic high school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school is located in the Oakwood neighborhood of the city.
Bishop Canevin High School is named for Archbishop John Francis Regis Canevin, born June 5, 1853, who rose to become the fifth Bishop of Pittsburgh, the first native son to hold this office. He governed the diocese from 1904 until 1920. Archbishop Canevin spent his days as Chief Shepherd of the Pittsburgh Diocese, truly reflecting his motto that "Unless the Lord build the house, they labor in vain who build it." (Ps. 126)
In 1958, His Excellency, the Most Reverend John F. Dearden, Bishop of Pittsburgh, announced that a high school intended to serve the Chartiers Valley was to be erected on the diocesan property adjacent to St. Paul's Orphanage, now St. Paul's Seminary. Ground was broken for Canevin High School on this site on August 17, 1958. The completed building was dedicated on November 22, 1959 by the Most Reverend John J. Wright. The first headmaster, The Reverend Leo G. Henry, opened the school to a freshman class of 217 boys and 218 girls in September, 1959. Under Father Henry, a faculty was assembled from five communities of sisters, and supplemented by two laymen.
With the addition of successive classes each year, three more communities of sisters were added to the faculty. Bishop Wright also sought a community of priests and brothers to administer the school and staff the boys' division. In 1961 a contract was signed between the Diocese of Pittsburgh and the Province of the Immaculate Conception of the Order of Friars Minor Conventual, entrusting the administration of the entire school to them. A pioneer contingent of eight Conventual Franciscan priests joined the faculty under Father Henry for the 1961-1962 school year.
The full co-institutional character of Canevin High School was realized with the installment of Reverend Gervase M. Beyer, O.F.M. Conv. At the beginning of the 1962-1963 school year. Canevin housed two separate faculties, one for boys and one for girls. Members of the communities of the Sister of St. Agnes, Sisters of Charity, Sisters of Divine Providence, Felician Sisters, Sisters of St. Francis (Millvale), Franciscan Sisters of Baltimore, Sisters of the Holy Ghost and Sisters of Mercy all served at Canevin. A number of laymen and laywomen also served on both faculties.
In 1963, Canevin High School received Pennsylvania State Accreditation. On Sunday, June 2, 1963, the Most Reverend John J. Wright presided at the first Canevin Commencement at the Syria Mosque in Oakland; 151 boys and 152 girls were the first graduating class. In March 1965, the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools Evaluation Committee reviewed Canevin High School and endorsed the school's accreditation. In January 1966, notification was received of full accreditation.
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