ARCHBISHOP HENRY JOSEPH O'LEARY
Count in the Apostolic Place. 1879-1938. Born in Richibucto and educated
in Montreal Seminary, Canadian Collage in Rome and the Sorbonne University
in Paris. He was ordained as a Priest in Richibucto in 1909. Consecrated
bishop of Charlottetown in Bathurst in 1913, being at that time the
youngest bishop in the world (34 years old). In 1920, he was named Archbishop
of Edmonton. While in Edmonton, he flew into the north with Wop May
and Punch Dickens (two famous bush pilots of that era) to administer
confirmation. Cardinal McGuiggan, at his reception in the Toronto Maple
Leaf Garden noted, "All that I am or have achieved, I owe to my great
friend, the late Archbishop Henry Joseph O'Leary." R.B. Bennett (then
Prime Minister, and Later To be Lord Bennett) said this of him, "Henry
Joseph O'Leary will go down in Canadian History as a great bishop, a
Stalwart Captain, whose memory will be forever blessed."
ROBERT HUTCHINSON
1825-1910 "The Shier Tongued Orator." Born of English parents, he passed
his exam in 1850. At the time of his death, he practiced law for sixty
years and was the oldest working Barrister in the country. He studied
law in the office of John Weldon. C.W. Weldon was also a law student
at the time. Later, J.D. Phinney and George V. McInerney studied law
in Robert Hutchinson's office, which was located on Court Street, Just
east of the Fire Station. There used to be three law offices along this
street with their back doors opening upon the Court House Green. Hutchinson
married Jane Powel, who died in 1867, one year after they were wed.
He never remarried.
BISHOP LOUIS JAMES O'LEARY
Born in Richibucto 1877, and died in Dayton, Ohio, at the home of his
brother (William) in 1930. He was ordained priest in Basilica of Saint
John Latern in Rome. On his return to Canada, was appointed Secretary
to Bishop Barry of Chatham. Later was consecrated Auxiliary Bishop of
that diocese. In Chatham, he personally designed and supervised the
erection of Saint Michael's Cathedral, the Bishop's Palace, Saint Mary's
Convent and Saint Thomas University. In 1920, he was appointed Bishop
of Charlottetown succeeding his brother, Henry. He paid off the huge
dept on the Cathedral and had it raised to rank of Basilica. He also
built a home for the aged, the New Charlottetown Hospital and a Monastery
for the sisters of the Precious Blood.
THE HONORABLE DAVID WARK
Born in Ireland in 1804. His business (lumber & general store) was
at the head of Wark's Wharf (Fishermen's Wharf). It was on this wharf
that the Robinson’s built their boat in the early 1800's. For years
he represented Kent in the Provincial Legislature in Fredericton. His
trips to the Legislative Assemblies were unusual (he walked).
In The year of Confederation, he became a Senator. Wark lived to be
101 and died in Fredericton in 1905.
JOHN LIVINGSTON
Publisher and Editor, born in Richibucto in 1837. He was with the Morning
News in Saint John and later established his own paper, the Morning
Telegraph. He died in Montreal in 1894.