William Fraser (bishop of Arichat)

William Fraser (1778 or 1779 – October 4, 1851) was a Canadian Roman Catholic priest and the first Bishop of Halifax in Nova Scotia from 1842 to July 20, 1845. He was Bishop of Arichat from September 22, 1844 (later the name changed to Diocese of Antigonish). The difference in the dates is due to the splitting of the diocese into two dioceses effective September 22, 1844, and Fraser remaining Bishop of Halifax until such time that William Walsh took formal possession of the diocese of Halifax.

References

A. A. Johnston, A History of the Catholic Church in Eastern Nova Scotia, Vol. II, St. Francis Xavier University Press, Antigonish, N.S., 1971.
Flemming, David B. (1985). "Fraser, William". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. VIII (1851–1860) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
MacDonald, Alexander (1907). "Diocese of Antigonish" . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
Diocese of Antigonish

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Denis Lyons	Apostolic Vicar of Nova Scotia 1825–1842	Succeeded by Himself as Bishop of Halifax
Preceded by Denis Lyons	— TITULAR — Bishop of Tanis 1825–1842	Succeeded by José Antonio García Balsalobre y Rada
Preceded by Himself as Apostolic Vicar of Nova Scotia	Bishop of Halifax 1842–1844	Succeeded by William Walsh
New diocese	Bishop of Arichat 1844–1851	Succeeded by Colin Francis MacKinnon

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