William Andrew Macdonell
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Bishop William Andrew Macdonell, Roman Catholic Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario, Canada was born on 30 November 1853 at Rivière-aux-Raisins, Saint Clair County, Michigan.
Life[]
On 11 September 1881, aged 27, he was ordained a priest. On 21 March 1906, aged 52, he was appointed Bishop of Alexandria in Ontario, Canada, and was ordained as such three months later, on 24 June 1906.
Death[]
He died on 17 November 1920, aged 67. He had been a priest for 39 years and a bishop for 14 years.
External links[]
- Catholic Hierarchy website [self-published]
Categories:
- 1853 births
- 1920 deaths
- People from St. Clair County, Michigan
- People from Cornwall, Ontario
- Canadian people of Scottish descent
- 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Canada