Bishop Alexander MacDonald †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Titular Bishop of Hebron

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Feb 1858		Born
8 Mar 1884	26.0	Ordained Priest	Priest of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
1 Oct 1908	50.6	Appointed	Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
3 Jan 1909	50.8	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
6 Jun 1923	65.3	Resigned	Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
6 Jun 1923	65.3	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Hebron
24 Feb 1941	83.0	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

MicroData Summary
Alexander MacDonald
Bishop Alexander MacDonald
(born 18 Feb 1858, died 24 Feb 1941)
Bishop Emeritus of Victoria

Event Place
Birth Place Mabou, Cap Breton, Diocese of Arichat, Nova Scotia
Ordained Bishop Collège de Propaganda Fide, Chapel, Roma, Diocese of Roma {Rome}, Italy
Death Place Antigonish, Diocese of Antigonish, Nova Scotia

a priest for 56.9 years
a bishop for 32.1 years

Principal Consecrator:
Girolamo Maria Cardinal Gotti, O.C.D. †
Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Robert John Seton †
Titular Archbishop of Heliopolis in Phoenicia
Archbishop Augustin Dontenwill, O.M.I. †
Archbishop Emeritus of Vancouver, British Columbia

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Girolamo Maria Cardinal Gotti, O.C.D. † (1892)
Cardinal-Deacon of Santa Maria della Scala
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
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

Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Célestin-Henri Joussard, O.M.I. † (1909)

External Link(s):

Vatican Library: 495/154239
VIAF: 2038664
WikiData: Q4719467

Source(s):

b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1909, Number 1

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