| <tab>His father was a Roman Catholic but his mother was a Protestant who did not enter the Roman Catholic Church until after her son had become a priest. Mgr John E. McRae had two brothers who were also priests, Fr Charles Duncan McRae (22 July 1876-1 April 1950), who was parish priest at Moose Creek 1904-1928 and at Glen Robertson 1928-1950, and Fr Albert A. McRae (d. 18 April 1959, aged 86). Succeeding his brother John as parish priest at St. Andrew’s, he served there 1922-1956. The two brothers, therefore, were parish priests at St. Andrew’s for a total period of close to half a century. (It may be noted also that another Fr McRae, D. C. McRae, was priest there 1906-1908, which indeed completes the half-century of priests of this surname). In 1949, Fr Albert McRae (by then with the title Mgr) celebrated the 50th anniversary of his ordination as a priest. (//Standard Freeholder// 23 Sept. 1949) He was the last to die of the three brothers. It is said that at his funeral, the nearest relative was the Anglican bishop of Montreal. All three brothers are buried at St. Andrew’s. | <tab>His father was a Roman Catholic but his mother was a Protestant who did not enter the Roman Catholic Church until after her son had become a priest. Mgr John E. McRae had two brothers who were also priests, Fr Charles Duncan McRae (22 July 1876-1 April 1950), who was parish priest at Moose Creek 1904-1928 and at Glen Robertson 1928-1950, and Fr Albert A. McRae (d. 18 April 1959, aged 86). Succeeding his brother John as parish priest at St. Andrew’s, he served there 1922-1956. The two brothers, therefore, were parish priests at St. Andrew’s for a total period of close to half a century. (It may be noted also that another Fr McRae, D. C. McRae, was priest there 1906-1908, which indeed completes the half-century of priests of this surname). In 1949, Fr Albert McRae (by then with the title Mgr) celebrated the 50th anniversary of his ordination as a priest. (//Standard Freeholder// 23 Sept. 1949) He was the last to die of the three brothers. It is said that at his funeral, the nearest relative was the Anglican bishop of Montreal. All three brothers are buried at St. Andrew’s. |
| <tab>Also for other Glengarrians who served in the Scarboro Foreign Mission Society, see the entries for Fr Alexander J. Macdonald and Fr Allan Bernard McRae in the present dictionary. | <tab>Also for other Glengarrians who served in the Scarboro Foreign Mission Society, see the entries for [[macdonald_alexander_j3|Fr Alexander J. Macdonald]] and [[mcrae_allan_bernard|Fr Allan Bernard McRae]] in the present dictionary. |
