Multnomah-Statewide County OR Archives Biographies.....Daly, Rev. William A. May 22, 1872 - 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Pages 381 - 382
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     REV. WILLIAM A. DALY, a representative of the priesthood in northwestern 
Oregon, has long and successfully filled the pastorate of St. Mary's parish of 
Portland. A native of Prince Edward Island, Canada, born May 22, 1872, he is a 
son of Thomas and Margaret Daly, both of whom are deceased. The father was 
engaged in agricultural pursuits during his active career.

     Father William A. Daly acquired his early education in the public schools 
and continued his studies in St. Dunstan's College of Charlottetown, Prince 
Edward Island, from which he was graduated in 1893. Subsequently he entered 
Laval University of Quebec, Canada, one of the oldest educational institutions 
on the North American continent where he was graduated and ordained a priest 
in 1897. The same year he came to Oregon, locating first at Roseburg, but a 
short time later removed to Eugene, where he remained for a period of eighteen 
months. His next charge was at Salem, where he succeeded Father S. J. White 
and continued for five and one-half years, at the end of which time he was 
made pastor of St. Mary's parish of Portland as the successor of the late 
Bishop Charles J. O'Reilly. This parish was established in 1886 and has had 
only three pastors — Fathers Van Lin, O'Reilly and Daly. During Father Daly's 
incumbency eleven parishes have been organized from the congregation of which 
he originally took charge. St. Mary's now comprises five hundred families. The 
elementary school was established in 1887 and since that time a high school 
has been added which offers the regular four-year course, is taught by 
Dominican sisters and is accredited by the University of Oregon. Plans have 
been made for the erection of a large educational institution, the first unit 
of which is now being built at a cost of fifty thousand dollars. The high 
school offers complete courses in the arts and sciences. Father Daly has 
inspired the young people of his parish with life's highest ideals and has 
filled their hearts with a desire for unselfish service in the cause of 
righteousness. The Columbus Club for young people had its inception under his 
leadership, and the various departments of St. Mary's have prospered under his 
wise and capable control.

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