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He entered the Jesuit Novitiate in 1961, was ordained Priest on June 10, 1972, and Bishop on April 25, 1995.
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In 1998 Prendergast was appointed the Archbishop of Halifax, and installed on 14 September 1998. He served ex officio as the Chancellor of Saint Mary's University, Halifax, a position granted to the Archbishop of Halifax until 2007, when the archdiocese and the university agreed to bestow the title of Visitor instead.
Named Titular Bishop of Slebte and Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto on February 22, 1995, Archbishop Prendergast received episcopal ordination in St. Michael’s Cathedral, Toronto, on April 25, 1995.
May 6, 2020 · Named Titular Bishop of Slebte and Auxiliary Bishop of Toronto on February 22, 1995, Archbishop Prendergast received episcopal ordination in St. Michael's Cathedral, Toronto, on April 25, 1995. Appointed eleventh Archbishop of Halifax on June 30th, 1998, he was installed in St. Mary's Cathedral Basilica on September 14th that year.
Jul 27, 2011 · He made his first vows in 1963, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1972. The then 28-year-old Prendergast was younger than the usual age of 30-33 for ordination in the Jesuits. Jesuit spirituality, especially the Spiritual Exercises of founder St. Ignatius of Loyola, has shaped his daily life over the past five decades.
On Feb. 24, 1897, he was consecrated auxiliary bishop of Philadelphia; he succeeded to the see and was enthroned as the third archbishop of Philadelphia on July 16, 1911. Prendergast's 45 years as a parish priest in the archdiocese had given him a wide knowledge of personnel and parochial conditions.
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May 3, 1843. Clonmel, Ireland. Died. February 26, 1918. (1918-02-26) (aged 74) Nationality. Irish. Edmond Francis Prendergast (May 3, 1843 – February 26, 1918) was an Irish -born Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Philadelphia from 1911 until his death in 1918.
