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| name = Edward Joseph McCarthy
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| archbishop_of = Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia
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| enthroned = June 27, 1906
| ended = January 26, 1931
| predecessor = [[Cornelius O'Brien (bishop)|Cornelius O'Brien]]
| successor = [[Thomas O'Donnell (archbishop)|Thomas O'Donnell]]
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Archbishop '''Edward Joseph McCarthy''' (25 January 1850 – 26 January 1931) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] Roman Catholic priest and archbishop.

Born in [[City of Halifax|Halifax, Nova Scotia]], he was ordained to the priesthood in 1874. In 1906, he was appointed [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Halifax|Archbishop of Halifax, Nova Scotia]]. He followed [[Cornelius O'Brien (bishop)|Cornelius O'Brien]] in this position. On 14 July 1910, he consecrated St. Patrick's Cathedral in Halifax, and in 1913 became vice-patron of the [[Catholic Emigration Association of Canada]], an organization established to help maintain immigrants' links to Catholicism and to encourage them to settle close to others who spoke the same language as they.

==External links==
* Edward McCarthy, [http://www.collectionscanada.ca/wbin/resanet/itemdisp/l=0/d=1/r=1/e=0/h=10/i=12241649 ''Pastoral letter addressed to the clergy and laity of the Diocese of Halifax''] (1915)
* Matteo SanFilippo, [http://www.umanitoba.ca/colleges/st_pauls/ccha/Back%20Issues/CCHA1993-94/Sanfilippo.htm ''Roman Archives as a Source for the History of Canadian Ethnic Groups''], (1991)]

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