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Alexander MacDonell

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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First Bishop of Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Born Glengarry, Scotland, 1760; died Dumfries, Scotland, 1840. After ordination at Valladolid, his life was devoted to his Gaelic kinsmen in Lochaber and Canada. When they were evicted in 1792 he led them to Glasgow and later formed them into a British regiment, the Glengarry Fencibles, being himself appointed their chaplain, the first Catholic British Army chaplain in centuries. When they were disbanded he brought them to Canada and formed a Highland colony called Glengarry. In 1819 he was made vicar Apostolic of Upper Canada, which in 1826 was erected into a bishopric. Five years later he was appointed to the legislative Council. He founded a seminary at Saint Raphael's and a college at Kingston, and by his zealous labours merited the title of apostle of Ontario.

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Entry for 'Alexander MacDonell'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​a/alexander-macdonell.html. 1910.
 
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