Rev. Bishop Leo Charles Nelligan

1894 - 1974  (79 years)

• Name	Leo Charles Nelligan
  Prefix	Rev. Bishop
  Born	18 Aug 1894	Tignish, P.E.I., Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Bishop
  Died	31 Mar 1974	London Ontario
  Person ID	I216	gearingillis | Shawn - back
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2010

  
  

  Father	John Michael Nelligan,   b. 8 Oct 1859, Tignish, P.E.I., Canada ,   d. 2 Apr 1945, Tignish, P.E.I., Canada  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Margaret Ann Harper,   b. 18 Feb 1869, Harpers Road, P.E.I.,Canada ,   d. 24 Feb 1959, Tignish, P.E.I., Canada  (Age 90 years)
  Married	4 Oct 1887	St. Simon & St. Jude, Tignish, Prince Edward Island, Canada
  Family ID	F70	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 18 Aug 1894 - Tignish, P.E.I., Canada Died - 31 Mar 1974 - London Ontario  = Link to Google Earth
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  		Bishop Charles Leo Nelligan Bishop Charles Leo Nelligan †~~Deceased~~Bishop Emeritus of Pembroke ~~

  
  

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• Notes

  His Excellency Charles Leo Nelligan He was born near Tignish, P.E.I. on August 20, 1894. He attended school in Tignish prior to his attendance at Prince of Wales College and Normal School in Charlottetown. Prior to his religious service, he taught at Tignish Grammar School and later served as a musketry instructor during the first World War. After the war, he attended St. Dunstan's College and the Grand Seminary in Quebec City. In 1925, he was awarded his Doctor of Divinity degree, and in June of that same year, he was ordained as priest for the Archdiocese of Edmonton, Alberta. Over his years of service, Nelligan preformed duties in Edmonton, Alberta and Pembrooke, Ontario along with his years as professor at the University of Windsor, Ontario. Although he was an "Islander Away," he frequently would visit his native Tignish. His Excellency Bishop Charles Leo Nelligan died in London, Ontario in 1974, and he is interred in the Basilian plot at Heavenly Rest Cemetery, Windsor, Ontario. Source: http://collections.ic.gc.ca/tignish/eng/religiousl.html a priest for 48.8 years a bishop for 36.4 years LEO SITE: http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bnelligan.html Nominated Bishop of Pembroke: August 16, 1937 Consecrated: October 28, 1937 Named Military Ordinary Cdn. Armed Forces: September 20, 1939 Retired: May 18, 1945 Died: March 31, 1974

  
  

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