William Walsh (archbishop of Halifax)

William Walsh, (7 November 1804 – 11 August 1858), was an archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Halifax. Born in Waterford, Co. Waterford, Republic of Ireland and died in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

William Walsh
Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia
ChurchRoman Catholic
ArchdioceseHalifax
Installed1844
Term ended1858
PredecessorWilliam Fraser
SuccessorThomas-Louis Connolly
Orders
Ordination1828
Personal details
Born(1804-11-07)7 November 1804
Waterford, Republic of Ireland
Died11 August 1858(1858-08-11) (aged 53)
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Alma materSt. John's College, Waterford
Maynooth College

Biography

He studied at St. John's College, Waterford and Maynooth College and was ordained in Waterford. Following ordination he ministered in Dublin.

Walsh became bishop of Halifax in 1845 and in 1852, was appointed archbishop of an expanded ecclesiastical province of Nova Scotia, also designated as Halifax. He became the first archbishop in British North America outside Quebec.

On 15 September 1856, Walsh confirmed as Mi'kmaq Grand Chief Jacques-Pierre Peminuit Paul at St. Mary's Basilica (Halifax), Paul also receiving a medal from Pope Pius IX and a written endorsement from the Lt. Governor, Sir John Gaspard Le Marchant.[1]

References
  1. Canadian Biography On Line


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