Communications The office of communications serves as the official news and public information liaison between the Diocese of Bismarck, the bishop and the public news media. The director serves as the press secretary for the bishop and is responsible for periodic news conferences and news releases pertaining to diocesan events and reaction to diocesan-related events. Newspaper articles, electronic news coverage of events, feature stories and interviews all contribute to providing the Catholic tradition and perspective to political, social and religious happenings in Western North Dakota. This office also coordinates the weekly telecast of The Sunday Mass on the Fox television network in western North Dakota and is in charge of maintaining the diocesan website www.bismarckdiocese.com.
Office of Communications Joel Melarvie, Chancellor Center for Pastoral Ministry 520 North Washington Street P.O. Box 1137 Bismarck, N.D. 58502-1137 Phone: 701-222-3035, ext. 105 Fax: 701-222-0269 Email: jmelarvie@bismarckdiocese.com
Catholic Television CatholicTV is a twenty-four hour cable and broadband network throughout the United States available on Sky Angel and in selected markets on Comcast, Verizon FiOS and numerous other cable providers. You are invited to visit the CatholicTV website for more information.
The official site of the Diocese of Bismarck, North Dakota