Wylie, James A.
(11 March 1901-4 Feb. 1978), clergyman. Born at Glen Robertson, GC. Parents: Mr and Mrs Robert Wylie. He attended a primary school at Lochiel and Alexandria High School, St. Alexander’s College at Ironside, Que., Laval University, and the Grand Seminary in Montreal. At St. Finnan’s Cathedral, Alexandria, on 16 June 1927, he was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood. Thereafter, he was a priest in the diocese of Alexandria (Alexandria-Cornwall) for over half a century. He was associate pastor at Williamstown and Lancaster and at St. Columban’s in Cornwall, and pastor at Dickinson’s Landing, Lochiel, Glen Nevis and St. Andrew’s West. While at St. Andrew’s he received the title of Monsignor. In semi-retirement after leaving St. Andrew’s, he was chaplain of the Precious Blood Monastery, Alexandria. He died in Alexandria.
Glengarry News 8 Feb. 1978 (with portrait) * Villeneuve 66, 166, 198, 219, 235 * presentation made to him by parishioners of St. Columban’s, GN 26 Feb. 1937
