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Cornelius O'Brien (bishop)

Cornelius O'Brien (bishop)

Canadian bishop and writer (1843–1906)

Cornelius O'Brien (4 May 1843 – 9 March 1906) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest, archbishop, and author of 39 books.

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Life

Born in New Glasgow, Prince Edward Island, the son of Terence O'Brien and Catherine O'Driscoll, O'Brien graduated from Urban College and in 1871 was ordained a priest.

In 1882, he was appointed Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia. He followed Michael Hannan in this position. He established a Catholic high school (1888) and Holy Heart Seminary (1896), both in Halifax and helped to found the French-language Collège Sainte Anne (1890) in Pointe-de-l'Église, Nova Scotia.[citation needed]

In 1894 he delivered a eulogy for the Rt. Hon. Sir John Thompson, a former Premier of Nova Scotia and the first Catholic Prime Minister of Canada. From 1896 to 1897, he was president of the Royal Society of Canada.[citation needed]

He died in Halifax on 9 March 1906. He was buried in the Holy Cross Cemetery, Halifax.[1]

Notes

  1. [1]
    Keys 1912.

References

  • "Cornelius O'Brien". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
  • Keys, David Reid (1912). "O'Brien, Cornelius" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  • D. R. Keys, rev. H. C. G. Matthew. "O'Brien, Cornelius (1843–1906)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35277. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  • Peter McGuigan, "Saint Mary's University: the Catholic years, 1838-1971" in Catholic Insight (2005)
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