Bishop Viard College, Also known as Viard College or BVC is a coeducational secondary school (years 7-13) located in Porirua, New Zealand. The college is now integrated into the state system under the Private Schools Conditional Integration Act 1975. The college was founded in 1968 by Cardinal Peter McKeefry, Archbishop of Wellington, and was staffed by the Assumptionist Fathers and Brigidine Sisters. The schools 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. St Peter's College in Gore opened as a co-educational College in 1969. The school celebrated its 40th Jubilee in 2008. On the 2nd of September, 2009, at lunchtime, around 20 Mana College Students arrived at the school, armed with a baseball bat, and threatened Bishop Viard students. The police were called, but no charges were laid. Bishop Viard College is a decile 2 school, on the New Zealand public school rating system.