Father Boyle was a faculty member of St. F.X. University for eight years, parish priest at Havre Boucher for sixteen and pastor at Holy Redeemer in Sydney for six years. For much of this time he was a pioneer in the co¬ operative movement. In 1944 Father Boyle was named Bishop of Charlottetown and was consecrated at Basilica on June 6 that year. His years here were times of significant expansion. The Charlottetown Hospital was much enlarged and a new one opened in Alberton . Major construction took place at University and in 1 954 its centennial was proudly celebrated. Vocations to the priesthood and sisterhood abounded. In 1946 the , a part of this diocese since 1829, were detached from here and added to the Diocese of Gaspe. Bishop Boyle died in London, England on June 3, 1 954 while on his way to Rome. His funeral took place at Basilica, with burial in the Catholic Cemetery , Parkdale . Bishop Malcolm MacEachern (1955-1970)________________ Malcolm was born at Broad Cove, in 1901. After graduating from St. F.X. University in Antigonish he studied at the Grand Seminary of Montreal and was ordained at the cathedral there in 1927. After short terms as parish curate and St. F.X. professor, Father MacEachern studied for three years at Louvain University in Belgium where he received his PhD in 1935. He returned to the faculty of St. F.X. and in 1951 he was appointed pastor of Parish in New Waterford . In 1954 he was named Bishop of Charlottetown and was consecrated at St. Ninian's Cathedral, Antigonish in January, 1 955. During Bishop MacEachern's years here two new parishes were established, a new Sacred Heart Home and bishop's residence - chancery were constructed, along with five new buildings at the university. The year 1 969, however, marked the closing of University and the sale of its campus. In the mid 1960s the bishop participated in all sessions of the Second Vatican Council. In 1970 Bishop MacEachern retired and moved to Antigonish. He died at St. Martha's Hospital there on March 28, 1982. Funeral Bishop MacEachern with Pope John XXIII . 38 ♦ Our Bishops