Edward Joseph McCarthy

Archbishop Edward Joseph McCarthy (25 January 1850 – 26 January 1931) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and archbishop.^[1]

Edward Joseph McCarthy
Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia
See	Halifax
Installed	June 27, 1906
Term ended	January 26, 1931
Predecessor	Cornelius O'Brien
Successor	Thomas O'Donnell
Orders
Ordination	July 9, 1874
Personal details
Born	(1850-01-25)January 25, 1850 Halifax, Nova Scotia
Died	January 26, 1931(1931-01-26) (aged 81)
Nationality	Canadian
Denomination	Roman Catholic

McCarthy was in Halifax, Nova Scotia on January 25, 1850. In preparation for the priesthood, he was educated at St. Mary's College and the Grand Seminary of Montreal.

He was ordained on July 9, 1874.^[1] In 1906, he was appointed Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia. He followed Cornelius O'Brien in this position. On 14 July 1910, he consecrated St. Patrick's Cathedral in Halifax, and in 1913 became vice-patron of the Catholic Emigration Association of Canada, an organization established to help maintain immigrants' links to Catholicism and to encourage them to settle close to others who spoke the same language as they.