Alexandria, The Dioceses of, suffragan of Kingston, Ont. It comprises the counties of Glengarry and Stormont, and was created a diocese by Leo XIII, by the Decree “In hac sublimiæ”, 23 Jan., 1890. It has 24,000 Catholics, 19 priests, 16 sisters, 14 parishes, 19 churches, 4 convents, 2,500 children in Catholic schools. First bishop, Alexander MacDonnell, b. Lochiel, County Glengarry, Ont., 1 Nov., 1833; d. at Montreal, 30 May, 1905. He was ordained priest 20 Dec., 1862; appointed bishop, 18 July, 1900; consecrated in October of same year.
Le Canada ecclésiastique pour Annee, 1906 (Montreal); BATTANDIER, Ann. pont. cath., 1906, 189.