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| <tab>In 1868, Roman Catholic parishioners of Alexandria protested against criticisms of “our Parish Priest and Religion,” which “A Catholic” had published in the Cornwall //Freeholder//. The critic had complained about the “petty tyranny” of the priest. In a letter of 1874 to the //Freeholder// (printed also //True Witness// 10 April 1874), Fr O’Connor protested against what he considered to be the anti-Irish bias of an article in the //Freeholder//. He stated that since coming to Cornwall almost 18 years earlier, he had “always supported” the //Freeholder//, and “stood by” John Sandfield Macdonald, and he calls himself “an Irish Catholic, (though a Canadian by the accident of birth.” By the time of this incident the //Freeholder//, formerly the paper of John Sandfield Macdonald, had come to be published by the ex-premier’s son, Henry Sandfield Macdonald. | <tab>In 1868, Roman Catholic parishioners of Alexandria protested against criticisms of “our Parish Priest and Religion,” which “A Catholic” had published in the Cornwall //Freeholder//. The critic had complained about the “petty tyranny” of the priest. In a letter of 1874 to the //Freeholder// (printed also //True Witness// 10 April 1874), Fr O’Connor protested against what he considered to be the anti-Irish bias of an article in the //Freeholder//. He stated that since coming to Cornwall almost 18 years earlier, he had “always supported” the //Freeholder//, and “stood by” John Sandfield Macdonald, and he calls himself “an Irish Catholic, (though a Canadian by the accident of birth.” By the time of this incident the //Freeholder//, formerly the paper of John Sandfield Macdonald, had come to be published by the ex-premier’s son, Henry Sandfield Macdonald. |
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| <tab>His predecessor at St. Finnan’s was Fr Chisholm, and his successor there was Fr Alexander Macdonell, who was later the first bishop of Alexandria. On leaving Alexandria, Fr O’Connor was parish priest at Perth, Ont., where he again succeeded Fr Chisholm, who had died in 1878. While at Perth, Fr O’Connor received the honour of being made a dean of Kingston Diocese. In 1889 he was transferred to Chesterville, Ont., and in 1899 to Marysville, Ont. where he died. For the years in Alexandria, see also Rev. A. Langcake and Rev. Kenneth Mcdonald. | <tab>His predecessor at St. Finnan’s was Fr Chisholm, and his successor there was Fr Alexander Macdonell, who was later the first bishop of Alexandria. On leaving Alexandria, Fr O’Connor was parish priest at Perth, Ont., where he again succeeded Fr Chisholm, who had died in 1878. While at Perth, Fr O’Connor received the honour of being made a dean of Kingston Diocese. In 1889 he was transferred to Chesterville, Ont., and in 1899 to Marysville, Ont. where he died. For the years in Alexandria, see also [[langcake_augustus|Rev. A. Langcake]] and [[mcdonald_kenneth|Rev. Kenneth Mcdonald]]. |
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