Background
Dinand, Joseph Nicholas was born on December 3, 1869 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John Patrick and Julia Elizabeth (Looney) Dinand.
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Joseph Nicholas Dinand
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Studied philosophy and theology, Woodstock College Ordained Roman Catholic priest, 1903.
Career
He twice served as president at the College of the Holy Cross from 1911 to 1918 and from 1924 to 1927. He also served as the Vicar Apostolic of Jamaica from 1927 to 1929. He received his primary and secondary education in Boston before enrolling in Boston College.
He continued his education at the College of the Sacred Heart in Woodstock, Maryland and was ordained a priest there by Cardinal James Gibbons of Baltimore on June 25, 1903.
He professed final vows on August 15, 1906. On July 12, 1927 Pope Pius XI appointed Dinand as the Titular Bishop of Selinus and Vicar Apostolic of Jamaica.
He was consecrated by Bishop Thomas M. O"Leary of Springfield in Massachusetts on October 30, 1927. The principal co-consecrators were Bishops Joseph J. Rice of Burlington and John G. Murray of Portland.
Dinand continued to serve as the Vicar Apostolic until his resignation was accepted by Pope Pius XI on October 4, 1929 for health reasons.
He died in Weston, Massachusetts at the age of 73 on July 29, 1943.
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He was a member of the faculty of Saint George"s College in Kingston, Jamaica, and he served two terms as president at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.
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American