James M. Hill, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 12-Oct-1899
Place of Birth: Bay du Vin, New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Canada
Date of Death: 03-Mar-1962
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About James M. Hill
- James Michael Hill (also James McDool Hill; October 12, 1899 – March 3, 1962) was a Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and first president of St.
- Thomas College. The son of James S.
- Hill and Margaret Parris Fitzpatrick, James M.
- Hill was born in Upper Bay du Vin, New Brunswick.
- His date of birth is shown in provincial government birth records as October 28, 1899, however, it is otherwise shown as October 12, 1899.
- His birth or baptismal name is recorded as James McDool Hill, however, other documents including the official record of death state James Michael Hill.Hill's father was a building contractor in Chatham.
- Hill received his early education in Chatham and later attended St.
- Thomas College in the same town where he was an outstanding student.
- He received theological training at Université Laval and was ordained in 1923.Upon returning to Chatham at age 24, Hill was appointed to the faculty of St.
- Thomas College where he served as teacher (1923-1927), acting rector (1927-1929), and rector-president (1929-1945).
- St.
- Thomas College attained degree-granting status in 1934 while Hill was rector; as a result, the office of rector was superseded by the office of president and Hill became the college's first president.
- Enrollment at St.
- Thomas College grew from 185 students in 1937 to 289 in 1944.Hill received an honourary Doctor of Divinity degree from Université Laval in 1937.
- Hill was an extensive promoter of the community-based cooperative movement in the Maritimes through the work of Reverend Moses M.
- Coady, head of the extension department of St.
- Francis Xavier University.
- In 1939 Hill was appointed president of the Northumberland County Credit Union.Hill resigned as president of St.
- Thomas College in 1945 and became the first priest of St.
- Thomas Aquinas parish in Campbellton under the Diocese of Bathurst.
- The following year in 1946, Hill was consecrated as Bishop of Victoria in British Columbia.
- uded great energy but was always "a very gentle and gracious soul." In 1960 his alma mater St.
- Thomas College had its name changed by the provincial government to St.
- Thomas University; that same year, St.
- Thomas University honoured Hill with an honorary Doctor of Law degree.
- He died in 1962 at age 62. His name is honored in Chatham by the James M.
- Hill Memorial High School.
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