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James Dallas O'Meara
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Theologian, lecturer.
Born at Manitowaning, Manitoulin Island, on 15 March 1849, a son of Reverend Canon F. A. O’Meara, rector of St. John’s church, Port Hope, and Margaret Johnston O’Meara. He was educated at Georgetown and the University of Toronto, where he obtained the gold medal in metaphysics in 1870 and his MA degree in 1874. He studied theology in Huron College and was ordained deacon by Bishop Hellmuth in 1872.
He moved to Manitoba in 1873 and was ordained priest by Bishop Machray. He was appointed professor of exegeses in St. John’s College and later professor of systematic theology and apologetics. He was made Canon of the St. John’s Cathedral chapter in 1876, Deputy Warden of St. John’s College in 1882, Doctor of Divinity in 1887, and Dean of Rupert’s Land in 1897.
In June 1877, he married Dora Black (?-?) of Montreal and they had two children. In 1877, he was a member of the First Convocation of the University of Manitoba and, two years, was a founding member of the Manitoba Historical Society. He was the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Manitoba in 1889.
He died at Winnipeg on 6 December 1901 and was buried in the St. John's Cathedral Cemetery. He is commemorated by O'Meara Street in Winnipeg.
Death registration [James Dallas O'Meara], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Pioneers and Early Citizens of Manitoba, Winnipeg: Manitoba Library Association, 1971.
Obituaries and burial transcriptions, Manitoba Genealogical Society.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 16 December 2024
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