Robert Joseph Ogle (1928–1998), known as Bob Ogle, was a Canadian

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priest, broadcaster, and member of the House of Commons.

Early life and career

Ogle was born on 24 December 1928 in

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, to the native Quebecers Henry Ogle and Annie Brennan. Devout Irish Catholics, his parents had him baptized the next day, on

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. He grew up in poverty on farms in Saskatchewan and was an altar boy, an air cadet, and a boy scout in his youth. Ogle studied at St. Peter's Seminary in

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, from 1946 to 1953 and was ordained to the priesthood in May 1953. After ordination, he became a

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, Saskatchewan, where he founded the Catholic Centre, and went on to be appointed rector of St. Pius X Seminary. He later received a

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degree from the University of Ottawa.

Political career and later life

Ogle was elected to the House of Commons as a

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candidate for the Saskatchewan riding of

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in the 1979 federal election. He defeated the incumbent

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, the federal Minister of Justice, who had held the riding since 1968. Ogle was re-elected in the 1980 election. He served as his party's critic for external affairs from 1981 to 1984. He did not stand again in 1984, following instructions from the Vatican, in conformity with the new Code of Canon Law. He was the author of four books: *''Faculties of Military Chaplains'' (1957), *''When the Snake Bites the Sun'' (1977), *''North- South Calling'' (1986), and *''A Man of Letters'' (1990). In 1989, he was made an Officer of the

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for "his tireless efforts to foster Canada's understanding of her role in global progress". In 1995, he was awarded the Saskatchewan Order of Merit. He died on 1 April 1998 in Saskatoon. The St. Pius X Seminary at the

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was renamed Ogle Hall after his death.

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Saskatchewan Order of Merit citationRobert Ogle fonds
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