Alexander MacDonald (February 18, 1858 – February 24, 1941) was a

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priest, educator, author, and Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia.

Biography

Born in Inverness County,

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, the son of Finlay and Catherine (Beaton) MacDonald, MacDonald was educated in the common schools of Inverness County and attended St. Francis Xavier College (now

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) in

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. In 1879, he went to

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and studied philosophy and theology at the Propaganda College graduating in 1884. He was ordained in St. John Lateran church in Rome, by Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi on March 8, 1884. In 1884, he returned to back to Nova Scotia where he was appointed teacher of Latin and philosophy at St. Francis Xavier College. In 1900, he was appointed

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of his diocese and three years later was given charge of St. Andrew's parish in

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. In 1908, he was appointed Bishop of Victoria and resigned in 1923. He was the author of a number of religious books including ''The Symbol Of The Apostles: A Vindication Of The Apostolic Authorship Of The Creed On The Lines Of Catholic Tradition'' (1903), ''The symbol in sermons: a series of twenty-five short sermons on the articles of the Creed'' (1903), ''The mercies of the Sacred Heart: twelve sermons for the first Fridays'' (1904), ''Questions of the day: thoughts on the Biblical question'' (1905), ''The sacraments: a course of seven sermons'' (1908).

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