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  2. St. Francis Xavier University - Wikipedia

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    St. Francis Xavier College was founded as Arichat College, a Roman Catholic diocesan educational institution at Arichat, Nova Scotia, in 1853. [3] Arichat College was moved to its present location in Antigonish, and established as St. Francis Xavier College in 1855. [4]

  3. Colin Francis MacKinnon - Wikipedia

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    On February 27, 1852 he was consecrated bishop by Bishop William Walsh, at St. Mary's Cathedral, Halifax and this was the first consecration of a Catholic bishop in Halifax. In 1853, he founded a seminary, St. Francis Xavier College, which grew into St. Francis Xavier University. He resigned in 1877 and was then made an archbishop.

  4. Antigonish, Nova Scotia - Wikipedia

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    St. Francis Xavier University was established in Antigonish in 1855, having been founded in 1853 in Arichat, Cape Breton and originally called the College of East Bay after East Bay, Nova Scotia where an earlier institution had once existed (1824–1829).

  5. Saint Xavier University - Wikipedia

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    Saint Xavier University was founded as a women's college by the Sisters of Mercy in 1846 at the request of Bishop William Quarter.With the City of Chicago less than 10 years old, the religious sisters, under the guidance of Mother Mary Francis Xavier Warde, R.S.M., established Saint Francis Xavier Female Academy.

  6. Gerry Schwartz - Wikipedia

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    The Gerald Schwartz School of Business at St. Francis Xavier University was named in his honour in recognition of his donations to the university. [citation needed] In 2005, he was awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year 2005 Ontario Lifetime Achievement award. [9] In 2006, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. [1]

  7. List of Jesuit educational institutions - Wikipedia

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    Xavier College, Melbourne, chapel Kollegium Kalksburg Sint-Jozefscollege, Turnhout St. John's College, Belize, chapel Colegio Mayor de San Bartolomé, Bogotá Lycée Sainte-Geneviève, Versailles Kollegs St. Blasien, Black Forest St. Xavier's Loyola Hall, Ahmedabad Holy Family, Mumbai St. Xavier's High School, Mumbai St. Ignatius, Rio de ...

  8. Sisters of Saint Martha - Wikipedia

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    Back in the 1880s and 90's, St. Francis Xavier College, established in 1855 in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, faced financial trouble because of difficulties in obtaining and keeping a permanent staff for the household needs of the university. At that time the college was a preseminary for young men as well as a regular academic college.

  9. Xavier University - Wikipedia

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    St. Xavier Church, bishop's residence, and St. Xavier College in 1848. Xavier University is the fourth oldest Jesuit University and the sixth oldest Catholic university in the United States. [12] The school was founded in 1831 [13] as a men's college in downtown Cincinnati next to St. Francis Xavier Church on Sycamore Street.