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Fergus McEvay
Fergus Patrick McEvay (December 8, 1852 – May 10, 1911) was a Canadian prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Diocese of London, Ontario, Bishop of London (1899–1908) and later Archdiocese of Toronto, Archbishop of Toronto (1908–1911). Early life and education McEvay was born on December 8, 1852 in Lindsay, Ontario, Lindsay, Ontario, to Michael and Mary (née Lehane) McEvay. His father died in 1855 when McEvay was only two years old, and he received his early education at the separate school in Lindsay. He later went to live with an uncle in Selwyn, Ontario, Ennismore and initially pursued a business education. In 1874, McEvay entered University of St. Michael's College, St. Michael's College at Toronto, where he made his classical studies and won medals in literature. He began his preparation for the priesthood in 1879 at Saint Francis de Sales Seminary, near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and completed his theological training at the Grand Séminaire de Montréal. Priest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Most Reverend
The Most Reverend is a style applied to certain religious figures, primarily within the historic denominations of Christianity, but occasionally in some more modern traditions also. It is a variant of the more common style "The Reverend". Anglican In the Anglican Communion, the style is applied to archbishops (including those who, for historical reasons, bear an alternative title, such as presiding bishop), rather than the style "The Right Reverend" which is used by other bishops. "The Most Reverend" is used by both primates (the senior archbishop of each independent national or regional church) and metropolitan archbishops (as metropolitan of an ecclesiastical province within a national or regional church). Retired archbishops usually revert to being styled "The Right Reverend", although they may be appointed "archbishop emeritus" by their province on retirement, in which case they retain the title "archbishop" and the style "The Most Reverend", as a courtesy. Archbishop Des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |