Archbishop James Hector MacDonald, C.S.C. †

Deceased

Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
28 Apr 1925		Born
29 Jun 1953	28.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of Congregation of Holy Cross
9 Feb 1978	52.7	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
9 Feb 1978	52.7	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Gibba
17 Apr 1978	52.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Gibba
12 Aug 1982	57.2	Appointed	Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
7 Oct 1982	57.4	Installed	Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
2 Feb 1991	65.7	Appointed	Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
4 Dec 2000	75.6	Retired	Archbishop of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
30 May 2025	100.0	Died	Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland, Canada

MicroData Summary
James Hector MacDonald
Archbishop James Hector MacDonald C.S.C.
(born 28 Apr 1925, died 30 May 2025)
Archbishop Emeritus of Saint John’s, Newfoundland

Event Place
Birth Place Whycocomagh
Ordained Bishop Hamilton, Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario
Death Place Hotel Dieu Shaver, Hospital, Saint Catherines, Diocese of Saint Catharines, Ontario
Buried Place (Original) Holy Cross Community Plot, Holy Cross, Cemetery

a priest for 71.9 years
a bishop for 47.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Paul Francis Reding †
Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Joseph Neil MacNeil †
Archbishop of Edmonton, Alberta
Bishop Joseph Francis Ryan †
Bishop Emeritus of Hamilton, Ontario

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Paul Francis Reding † (1966)
Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario
Bishop Joseph Francis Ryan † (1937)
Bishop of Hamilton, Ontario
Archbishop John Thomas McNally † (1913)
Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia
Diomede Angelo Raffaele Gennaro Cardinal Falconio, O.F.M. Ref. † (1892)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Ara Coeli
Raffaele Cardinal Monaco La Valletta † (1874)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Pope Pius IX (1827)
(Bl. Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti †)
Francesco Saverio Maria Felice Cardinal Castiglioni † (1800)
Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Priest of San Pietro in Vincoli
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Bishop William Albert Wack, C.S.C. (1994)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Archbishop André Richard, C.S.C. (1989)
Bishop Lucien Prosper Ernest Fischer, C.S.Sp. (2000)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Whycocomagh
Ordained Bishop	Hamilton, Diocese of Hamilton, Ontario
Death Place	Hotel Dieu Shaver, Hospital, Saint Catherines, Diocese of Saint Catharines, Ontario
Buried Place (Original)	Holy Cross Community Plot, Holy Cross, Cemetery

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q1680541

Source(s):

ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 46, Number 3,144
d: CB, 3 Jun 2025

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