->oo PAST AND PRESENT OF consecration he had exercised for seven years the pastoral care of Charlottetown , where he resided, as well as Rustico and Vernon River . On his appointment to the episcopate he took up his residence at Rus¬ tico, where he attended to all the ordinary work of a missionary, and at the same time gave his close attention to all the varied duties of a bishop over a territory which now comprises three dioceses. Father James Mor ¬ ris, who had then recently come to the Is¬ land, was appointed parish priest of Char¬ lottetown, where he laboured for two years. He was succeeded by Father Charles Mc- Donell, an Irish priest, who, however, lived only a short time after his appointment. He was succeeded in the pastorate of Charlotte - town by the Reverend Malachy Reynolds , who had come out from Ireland to visit Fa ther McDonell. Here he laboured for a number of years, during which time a great amount of good was accomplished for the welfare of the Catholic people of the capital. His pastorate in Charlottetown ended in 1851. In the meantime the other missions of the Island were being assiduously attended to by the few hard-working priests of those labourious times. The death of Bishop Mac - Eachern left Kings county without any mis¬ sionary and to supply this want Father John Macdonald was sent to assume charge of that section, residing principally at Bear River . A welcome addition to the then few Island clergy was the Reverend James BradW , whom Bishop Macdonald appointed as the first resident priest of Vernon River . Father Bradey was a man of benevolent character and a conscientious worker in his holy calling. Resides attending to the spirit¬ ual welfare of the people of Vernon River he performed parochial duties at St. An¬ drew's, Tracadie and Fort Augustus . This latter parish was settled mainly by Irish emi¬ grants who through the inducement of Fa¬ ther John Macdonald , of Glenaladale , re¬ solved to try their fortune beyond the Atlan¬ tic. In all there were about sixty families settled in Fort Augustus and they soon set about building a church for themselves, which was begun in the year 1837. In this, as in all other works undertaken for the ad¬ vancement of religion, Bishop Macdonald took an unfailing interest, and by wise direc¬ tion and material assistance continued the work of his venerable predecessor in carry¬ ing the light of the gospel to every quarter of the Island where Catholic settlers chose to locate. The Indians of the Island were not less dear to him than they were to his predecessor. They were warmly attached to their religion, and to the memory of Father Maillard , their early apostle. Their chief habitat for some time was Lennox Island , situated in in the western part of Prince Edward Island . Like the people of many other missions of those early days, they had their log chapel, where they regularly assembled for divine worship. At the instance of Bishop Macdonald a new church was begun in the year 1838, which was completed in 1842. About this time a settlement was opened «up at Baldwin's Road. In 1839, a large number of emi¬ grants from Ireland arrived at Charlotte¬ town. Some of these people settled among their friends in Fort Augustus , some in Township 65, others in the vicinity of Montague. Some of those who had set¬ tled in Fort Augustus removed to Baldwin's Road, where they were joined in 1841 by other emigrants, also from Ireland. This ter¬ ritory was at that time a dense forest, but by steady industry it soon became a thriving