Western Newfoundland (St. George’s) in 1895 Ronald MacDonald, appointed Bishop of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland in 1881 Alexander MacDonald, appointed Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia in 1908 John Hugh MacDonald, appointed Bishop of Victoria, British Columbia in 1934 Malcolm Angus MacEachern, appointed Bishop of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island in 1954 Joseph Neil MacNeil, appointed Bishop of Saint John, New Brunswick in 1969 In Canadian literature Following Bishop William Fraser's death in 1851, local Catholic poet Ailean a' Ridse MacDhòmhnaill, a major figure in both Scottish Gaelic literature and in that of Canadian Gaelic, composed the poem Cumha do' n Easguig Friseal ("Lament for Bishop Fraser"), which MacDhòmhnaill set to the air A' bliadhna leum dar milleadh. According to Effie Rankin, Ailean a' Ridse adapted the traditional verse iconography of a Highland clan mourning for the death of their Chief to the Catholic Gaels of the Diocese mourning for the death of their Bishop. Canadian writer Linden MacIntyre, fictionalized the events of the ongoing sexual abuse scandal in Antigonish diocese in his award-winning novel The Bishop's Man, which was published in 2009. The novel's guilt-ridden protagonist is a Roman Catholic priest and former fixer for the Diocese of Antigonish named Fr. Duncan MacAskill. After years of quietly burying potential scandals involving the Diocese's priests, Fr. MacAskill has been assigned by his Bishop to a remote parish on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia and ordered to maintain a low profile. References Diocese of Antigonish page at catholichierarchy.org retrieved July 17, 2006 Sources and external links GigaCatholic, with incumbent biography links St. Francis Xavier University Virtual Tour of the Architectural Heritage of Antigonish, Nova Scotia Antigonish Catholic Church in Nova Scotia Antigonish County, Nova Scotia Cape Breton County Guysborough County, Nova Scotia Inverness County, Nova Scotia Pictou County Richmond County, Nova Scotia Victoria County, Nova Scotia Religious organizations established in 1844 1844 establishments in Nova Scotia 1844 establishments in Canada