James Martin Hayes (May 27, 1924 – August 2, 2016) was a Canadian

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of the

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. Hayes was born in

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, and ordained a priest on June 15, 1947. He was appointed auxiliary bishop to the

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, as well as titular bishop of Reperi, on February 5, 1965, and consecrated on April 20, 1965. Hayes participated at the

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appointed him archbishop of the

on June 22, 1967. He was known as a leader in liturgical renewal. He resigned on November 6, 1990, and died on August 2, 2016, in a hospital in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was 92.

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1924 births 2016 deaths Participants in the Second Vatican Council 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Canada People from Halifax, Nova Scotia Roman Catholic archbishops of Halifax {{Canada-RC-bishop-stub