o_neill_michael_cornelius
O’Neill, Michael Cornelius
(15 Feb. 1898-10 Jan. 1983), clergyman. Born at Kemptville, Ont. He was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood, 21 Dec. 1927. In Dec. 1947 he was appointed archbishop of Regina, Sask., with his consecration as archbishop being in April 1948. In Sept. 1973, he retired as archbishop of Regina. It is reported that he lived at Vankleek Hill, presumably in early life, and that he “once worked as a boy in Dalkeith.” Gertrude Wood, who knew him in Regina, stated that he had been her brother’s “best pal” in WWI and II.
Dumbrille, U, 130 (QF) * Wood letter 19 March 1977 * André Chapeau, L.-P. Normand, L. Plante, Évêques catholiques du Canada/Canadian R. C. Bishops (1980) 66
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