Roman Catholique Military Ordinariate
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Ordinariate militaire catholique romain
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First and Second catholic chaplains
In 1776-1778 the loyalist Highlanders of New York State moved to Canada. They were accompagnied by Father John McKenna, first Catholic Chaplain for the Bristish forces. He led them to Johnstown in 1773.
Father Edmund Burke, later Vicar Apostolic to Nova Scotia, was appointed chaplain of the soldiers at Niagara in 1798 and thus was the second chaplain in Canadian annals.
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First Catholic Chaplain in a canadian regiment
ALEXANDER MACDONNELL (1762-1840), third Catholic Chaplain and apparently the first to serve in a Canadian Regiment with the Glengarry Fencibles during the Irish Rebellion of 1798. In the War of 1812-14, he was instrumental in rasing the Glengarry Infantry Fencibles with which he served in fourteen engagements.
He became the first bishop of Kingston, ON (Upper Canada)
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Data Info taken fromFighting for the Chaplains:
Bishop Charles Leo Nelligan and the Creation of the Canadian Chaplain Service
(Roman Catholic), 1939-1945
by Author: Yves Yvon J. PELLETIER
CCHA Historical Studies, 72 (2006), 95-123 -
Secular Priests serving during WWII in 'CAF'
Diocese/Archdiocese Military chaplains Montreal 17 Quebec City 14 Toronto 13 Edmonton 10 Ottawa 10 Pembroke 10 Winnipeg 10 London 8 Charlottetown 6 Halifax 6 Hamilton 6 Regina 6 Rimouski 6 Valleyfield 6 Joliette 5 Moncton 5 Sault-Ste-Marie 5 Vancouver 5 Antigonish 4 Bathurst 4 Kingston 4 Saint-John (NB) 4 Trois-Rivières 4 Amos 3 Calgary 3 Gravelbourg 3 Peterborough 3 Saskatoon 3 St. Hyacinthe 3 Timmins 3 Diocese/Archdiocese Military chaplains Alexandria 2 Chicoutimi 2 Nelson 2 Nicolet 2 Prince Albert 2 Victoria 2 St. Boniface 1 Saint-Jean (QC) 1 Saint John’s (NL) 1 Sherbrooke 1 Gaspé 0 Ukrainian Rites 3 Canadian clerics abroad 5 Total: 219 -
Religious Orders serving in 'CAF' during WWII
Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists)
English-Canadian province (24);
French-Canadian province (7)31 Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Oblates) –
English-Canadian province (7);
French-Canadian province (18); Province of Regina (2)27 Society of Jesus (Jesuits) –
English-Canadian province (9); French-Canadian province (8)17 Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans) 11 Missionaries of China 7 Congregation of Holy Cross (Holy Cross Fathers) 6 Congregation of St. Basil (Basilians) 5 Clerics of Saint Viator (Viatorians) 4 Missionaries of the Company of Mary (Montfort Missionaries) 4 Congregation of St. Paul 4 Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Sacred Heart Missionaries) 4 Other religious orders 16 Total for all religious orders 136