James Hector MacDonald (April 28, 1925 – May 30, 2025) was a Canadian

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prelate. He served as the

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of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. John's, Newfoundland from 1991 to 2000. MacDonald died at the Hotel Dieu Shaver Hospital in

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, on May 30, 2025, at the age of 100.

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