Religious Leader. A native of Hillsborough, Nova Scotia, McNeil served as the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, from 1912 until his death in 1934. Educated at the Propaganda College in Rome, Italy, he was ordained a priest in April of 1879, and served in that post in Arichat, Nova Scotia. NcNeil then served as the Vicar of Apostolic of Western Newfoundland (St. George's) in 1895, Titular Bishop of Nilopolis in 1895, Bishop of Saint Gaeorge's in Newfoundland in 1904, Archbishop of Vancouver in 1910, and finally as the Archbishop of Toronto two years later. After being appointed as the Archbishop of Toronto, McNeil's main priorities was completing the St. Augustine Seminary and the Canadian Catholic Church Extension Society, which was started by his predecessor the honourable Fergus Patrick McEvay. He also helped to establish more then thirty parishes for non-English speaking immigrants, lobbied for Catholic schools, and promoted good relations between Protestants and catholics through the Federation of Catholic Charities. McNeil also established the Scarborough Foreign Missionary Society (formerly the China Mission Seminary), and the Newman Club. He passed away while still in office in 1934. The Neil McNeil Catholic High School in Toronto was named in his memory.
Religious Leader. A native of Hillsborough, Nova Scotia, McNeil served as the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Toronto, Ontario, from 1912 until his death in 1934. Educated at the Propaganda College in Rome, Italy, he was ordained a priest in April of 1879, and served in that post in Arichat, Nova Scotia. NcNeil then served as the Vicar of Apostolic of Western Newfoundland (St. George's) in 1895, Titular Bishop of Nilopolis in 1895, Bishop of Saint Gaeorge's in Newfoundland in 1904, Archbishop of Vancouver in 1910, and finally as the Archbishop of Toronto two years later. After being appointed as the Archbishop of Toronto, McNeil's main priorities was completing the St. Augustine Seminary and the Canadian Catholic Church Extension Society, which was started by his predecessor the honourable Fergus Patrick McEvay. He also helped to establish more then thirty parishes for non-English speaking immigrants, lobbied for Catholic schools, and promoted good relations between Protestants and catholics through the Federation of Catholic Charities. McNeil also established the Scarborough Foreign Missionary Society (formerly the China Mission Seminary), and the Newman Club. He passed away while still in office in 1934. The Neil McNeil Catholic High School in Toronto was named in his memory.
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