Joseph Neil MacNeil (April 15, 1924 – February 11, 2018) was a Canadian

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of the

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. MacNeil was born in

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, and was ordained a priest on May 23, 1948. MacNeil was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Saint John, New Brunswick, on April 9, 1969, and consecrated on June 24, 1969. MacNeil was appointed bishop of the

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on July 2, 1973 until his resignation on June 7, 1999. He died after a stroke on February 11, 2018, at the age of 93.

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1924 births 2018 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Canada People from Sydney, Nova Scotia Roman Catholic bishops of Saint John, New Brunswick {{Canada-RC-bishop-stub

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