for its eventual construction years later.27 Bishop O'Leary 's greatest moment regarding St. Dunstan's , however, must have come with the raising of the college to the sta¬ tus of a university. This came under the Tory government of J.A. Mathieson in which heir-apparent, Hon. A.E. Arsenault was a member of cabinet. The bill, carefully crafted, was presented to the legislature by fifth Kings MLA Roderick McLellan , a brother of the then rector of St. Dunstan's , Rev. G.J. McLellan . It was passed into law on a voice vote on April 20, 1917, with only minor amendments.28 This degree-granting power for St. Dunstan's was really an investment for the future since there was no intention to use it right away. Among other things, a sufficient staff of profes¬ sors would need to be built up first. In fact, it was not until 1941 that St. Dunstan's began granting its own degrees. During Bishop O'Leary 's years here the con¬ stituted part of the Diocese of Charlottetown , a situation which had prevailed since the founding of our diocese in 1829. As a part of the province of these islands were inhabited mainly by French-speaking people contained within three or four parishes and including an academy usually headed by a priest. With few excep¬ tions, Acadian priests from P.E.I. , generally four in number, were appointed to these outlying areas which for nearly six months a year were literally cut off from the mainland. In 1946 the were transferred to the Diocese of Gaspe. 29 It would be most unfair to view Bishop O'Leary 's years among us only in relation to the institutions and high points, mostly cen¬ tred in Charlottetown , mentioned in the previous pages. In the ongoing activities of the whole diocese he was busy as well, being a leader of great vision who usually had several dreams in mind at any one time. His service on the Island was marked by a steady increase in vocations to the priesthood and sisterhood and a notable spread of frequent, even daily, Communion. After seven short years Islanders in general and Roman Catholics in particular were probably not surprised when this young bishop was lifted from 12