William Walsh (archbishop of Halifax)

William Walsh (7 November 1804 – 11 August 1858) was an archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Halifax. He was born in Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland and died in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

William Walsh
Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia
Church	Roman Catholic
Archdiocese	Halifax
Installed	1844
Term ended	1858
Predecessor	William Fraser
Successor	Thomas-Louis Connolly
Orders
Ordination	1828
Personal details
Born	(1804-11-07)7 November 1804 Waterford, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Died	11 August 1858(1858-08-11) (aged 53) Halifax, Nova Scotia
Alma mater	St. John's College, Waterford Maynooth College

Biography

Walsh studied at St. John's College, Waterford and Maynooth College and was ordained in Waterford. Following ordination he ministered in Dublin.^{[citation needed]}

Walsh became bishop of Halifax in 1845 and in 1852, was appointed archbishop of an expanded ecclesiastical province of Nova Scotia, also designated as Halifax. He became the first archbishop in British North America outside Quebec.^{[citation needed]}

On 15 September 1856, Walsh confirmed as Mi'kmaq Grand Chief Jacques-Pierre Peminuit Paul at St. Mary's Basilica (Halifax), Paul also receiving a medal from Pope Pius IX and a written endorsement from the Lt. Governor, Sir John Gaspard Le Marchant.^[1]