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James Charles McGuigan
1974Apr, 8

James Charles McGuigan

James Charles McGuigan, Canadian cardinal (b. 1894)
James Charles McGuigan (November 26, 1894 – April 8, 1974) was a Canadian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Toronto from 1934 to 1971, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1946 by Pope Pius XII.

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