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year 1838 saw the ordination of the Rev- erends James Quinn and James Brady—and almost every year in succession witnessed some young Levite raised to the priesthood. Thus were added to the list, besides several other priests who laboured for a time in the diocese, such names as the Reverends Francis Macdonald, Cajetanus Meville, Peter Mac- Intyre, afterwards Bishop of Charlottetown; Pius MacPhee, James Macdonald, James MacIntyre, Thomas Phelan, Thomas Quinn, Dr. Daniel Macdonald, Charles Boudrault, Angus Macdonald and James Phelan, the ordination of the last mentioned clergyman occurring in 1856, and at the time of this writing he is the only survivor of that noble band of missionaries. The little college of St. Andrew's was thus bringing its good work into evidence, as most of those above mentioned received their college education within its venerable walls.

But if the number of workers was being steadily increased, the field of their labours was also becoming enlarged, and it was therefore necessary to open up new parishes. The time had come when the residents of Hope River should also build a church, and as soon as the wishes of Bishop Macdonald were made known to them they quickly or- ganized for that purpose. This district was gradually settled by Irish emigrants and in its earlier years the people attended divine service either at Rustico or at Park Corner, according to convenience. Their first church was erected in 1843, and was served by Bishop Macdonald, as he resided in the neighbouring parish of Rustico. About the same time a separate mission was formed at Lot 7, and a church was forthwith erected. This district originally formed part of the old parish of Cascumpec.

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years after the appointment of Bishop Mac- donald to the See of Charlottetown, he was obliged to attend to the religious welfare of the Catholic people not only of the Island, but also of New Brunswick and the Mag- dalen Islands. This of course necessitated much travelling on the part of the bishop in order to visit all the missions of his diocese. The means of travel were still in a rather primitive condition, and the roadways, where such existed, were anything but per— fect. though certainly much improved over what they were in the early days of Bishop MacEachem. However, that the best inter- ests of the faithful in New Brunswick might be cared for, the bishop appointed two vicars general for that province, viz.: the Rever- ends \Villiam Dollard and Anthony Gag- non. both of whom had long borne the bur- den of missionary life in that province. There also the church was growing apace, and by the successive efforts of Bishops Mac- Eachern and Macdonald with the co-opera- tion of the faithful, a goodly number of zealous missionaries were doing faithful ser— vice in that portion of the diocese. Many of these received their college education in St. Andrew's College, which institution in those years was a very essential element to the life of Catholicity in the Maritime Prov- inces. So had things progressed that the time soon arrived, when the Holy See deemed it advisable to erect the province of New Brunswick into a separate diocese. This proposition was carried into effect dur- ing the summer of 1842, when that sister province ceased to form part of the diocese of Charlottetown. The city of St. John was selected as the episcopal See, and in the fol— lowing year the Right Reverend William Dollard was appointed its first bishop. This step relieved Bishop Macdonald