Cornelius O'Brien (bishop)

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Cornelius O'Brien (4 May 1843 – 9 March 1906) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest, archbishop, and author of 39 books.

Born in New Glasgow, Prince Edward Island, the son of Terence O’Brien and Catherine O’Driscoll, O'Brien graduated from Urban College and in 1871 was ordained a priest. In 1882, he was appointed Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia. He followed Michael Hannan in this position. He established a Catholic high school (1888) and Holy Heart Seminary (1896), both in Halifax and helped to found the French-language Collège Sainte Anne (1890) in Pointe-de-l'Église, Nova Scotia. In 1894 he delivered a eulogy for the Rt. Hon. Sir John Thompson, a former Premier of Nova Scotia and the first Catholic Prime Minister of Canada. From 1896 to 1897, he was president of the Royal Society of Canada.

[edit] References

• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
• Peter McGuigan, "Saint Mary's University: the Catholic years, 1838-1971" in Catholic Insight (2005)

Roman Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Michael Hannan	Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia 1882—1906	Succeeded by Edward Joseph McCarthy
Professional and academic associations
Preceded by Alfred Richard Cecil Selwyn	President of the Royal Society of Canada 1896-1897	Succeeded by Félix-Gabriel Marchand