William John O'Grady (died c. August 18, 1840) was an Irish Catholic priest and journalist in Upper Canada. He served as

chaplain A chaplain is, traditionally, a cleric (such as a Minister (Christianity), minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, purohit, or imam), or a laity, lay representative of a religious tradition, attached to a secularity, secular institution (such as a hosp ...

Connell James Baldwin Connell James Baldwin (1777 – 14 December 1861) was an Irish soldier and civil servant. When he was fourteen he joined the Royal Navy, and two years later, after being deemed medically unfit to serve in that branch, the British Army. In 1808, ...

's soldiers in Brazil, and followed him to Toronto Gore Township in 1828. From January 1829 he was pastor of St. Paul's church in York. He died at Whitby in 1840.

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*Curtis Fahey (2000)
William John O'Grady
in '' Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online'' 1840 deaths 19th-century Irish Roman Catholic priests Irish emigrants to pre-Confederation Ontario Year of birth missing Canadian military chaplains {{Canada-clergy-stub