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Name	Rev. Bishop 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
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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

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	Born - 18 Aug 1894 - Tignish, P.E.I., Canada
	Died - 31 Mar 1974 - London Ontario

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Bishop Charles Leo Nelligan â€ ~~Deceased~~Bishop Emeritus of Pembroke ~~

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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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