Joseph Faber MacDonald

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Most Reverend

Joseph Faber MacDonald
Born(1932-01-20)January 20, 1932
Little Pond, Prince Edward Island
DiedFebruary 17, 2012(2012-02-17) (aged 80)
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
NationalityCanadian
ReligionRoman Catholic
OrdainedMarch 9, 1963
Offices held
Bishop of Grand Falls, Bishop of Saint John

Joseph Faber MacDonald (born 1932 in Little Pond, Nova Scotia) was a Canadian clergyman and prelate for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Falls. He was appointed bishop in 1980 in Grand Falls, and then 1998 in Saint John. He died in 2012. [1]

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