Blair County PA Archives Biographies.....Canole, Rev. Michael January 3, 1876 - 
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Source: History of Blair County, PA, Vol. II, 1931
Author: Tarring Davis

  REV. MICHAEL CANOLE, is pastor of St. Leo's Roman Catholic Church, of Altoona, 
in which city he was born January 3, 1876, a son of Michael H. and Elizabeth 
(Clark) Canole, both natives of Ireland.  The father, who died in 1913, was an 
employe of the Pennsylvania Railroad for many years, and the mother is still 
living in Altoona at the age of ninety years.  The other children of this couple 
are: Mary, Elizabeth, Margaret, and Annie.  Father Canole attended the local 
parochial schools, Grande Seminary of Montreal, and St. Vincent's College, and 
was ordained priest, July 8, 1900.  He was first pastor of the Catholic Church, 
at Newry, which building he renovated, and there built the priest's residence.  
After three years, he was sent to Ehrenfeld, where he established a mission and 
erected St. James' Church during his pastorate of four years' duration.  At that 
time, Father Canole came to Altoona to take charge of the newly created parish 
of St. Leo, and his work here has been signalized by the erection of a church, 
school, convent, and residence.  The parish numbers some 160 families, and 
Father Canole is outspoken in his commendation of the people for their efforts 
in behalf of St. Leo's parish.

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