of Learning. The legislation, which provided the governor with wide powers in the field of education, was received coldly by the Catholic clergy. At Sainte-Marie-de-la-Nouvelle-Beauce the parish priest

intervention. Not only did he stress that Browne’s departure would even further decrease the already sparse Newfoundland clergy, but he maintained that Browne was his most outstanding priest, “the greatest glory

abroad.” Despite this setback, he none the less indirectly influenced the press through his efforts to avert possible conflict between politicians and members of the clergy. At the end of 1831 Cazeau took

this young Scottish priest a worthy successor. In Rome the Scottish clergy, with the support of the British government, demanded that one of their own succeed MacEachern, and it was Macdonald whom the

Murray when he was governor, as well as by the British authorities, who clearly favoured the Canadianization of the clergy, hoping in this way to hasten the breaking of all existing ties between

, however, the most serious of his problems was the fact that the Roman Catholic Church in his region, lacking an adequate supply of clergy, was hard pressed to prevent its members from being led astray by

, N.Y., and was ordained in 1797 by the Classis of Albany. Despite petitions for ministers from Presbyterians in the Bay of Quinte region to churches in Scotland and the United States, no clergy had

Scotland, caused partly by his deep opposition to its policy of patronage and to the lack of discipline in its clergy. From 1814 to 1817 McLeod

having refused to take the oath to the [Civil] Constitution of the Clergy enacted by the Assemblée Nationale.” He then served as chaplain to the Bernardine nuns of the Abbaye-Blanche at Mortain, but on 6

England for clergy. Kelly responded quickly; he was in St John’s by the end of June that year. Feild appointed him incumbent of the cathedral there and archdeacon of Newfoundland. His work and his

. Lespérance crossed swords with the Catholic clergy in 1912 during a lockout at Tebbutt Shoe and Leather Company Limited, a factory in Trois-Rivières. In October its owner, J

Council, succeeding John Strachan in that office. William Macaulay was closely involved with the management of the clergy reserves. From 1820 he was a

causes and results ([1898?]), and Only clergy, episcopally and canonically ordained can legally, officiate in the Church of England, in Canada (1920) – all controversial issues

of Saint-Roch, where according to the clergy one of the consequences was an upsurge in alcoholism. The clergy attempted to combat this by creating on 15 Nov. 1840 the Société de

during his episcopacy were not all spectacular, for he wanted first to organize the new diocese. He was alert to the needs of his flock and clergy; he gave particular attention to pastoral visits, and

recently been cut, and the clergy reserves were not an assured source of future income. In an anonymous pamphlet Fuller warned churchmen not to “depend upon the favor of government, or trust to the property

venture chartered in 1826. It was intended that the Canada Company be granted the crown reserves and a large portion of the clergy reserves in Upper Canada in return for an annual payment to the government

prediction and become one of the most successful of the last generation of Irish-born missionary clergy to serve the archdiocese. In Canada he

, founding missions, providing for the material support of the parishes and the clergy, and establishing a uniform ecclesiastical discipline, Racine worked from the beginning of his episcopacy on various

would win the confidence of his generally high-church clergy through his personal loyalty to them, his love for church order, and his tolerance of diverse opinion. His greatest gifts, however, were in