William Walsh (archbishop of Halifax)

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William Walsh
Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Church Roman Catholic
Archdiocese Halifax
Installed 1844
Term ended 1858
Predecessor William Fraser
Successor Thomas-Louis Connolly
Orders
Ordination 1828
Personal details
Born (1804-11-07)7 November 1804
Waterford, Republic of Ireland
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Halifax, Nova Scotia
Alma mater St. John's College, Waterford
Maynooth College

William Walsh, (7 November 1804 – 11 August 1858), was an archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Halifax. He was born in Waterford, County Waterford, Republic of Ireland and died in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Biography

Walsh studied at St. John's College, Waterford and Maynooth College and was ordained in Waterford. Following ordination he ministered in Dublin.[citation needed]

Walsh became bishop of Halifax in 1845 and in 1852, was appointed archbishop of an expanded ecclesiastical province of Nova Scotia, also designated as Halifax. He became the first archbishop in British North America outside Quebec.[citation needed]

On 15 September 1856, Walsh confirmed as Mi'kmaq Grand Chief Jacques-Pierre Peminuit Paul at St. Mary's Basilica (Halifax), Paul also receiving a medal from Pope Pius IX and a written endorsement from the Lt. Governor, Sir John Gaspard Le Marchant.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Canadian Biography On Line

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