Austin-Emile Burke

Austin-Emile Burke (January 22, 1922 – August 12, 2011) was a Canadian Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

Austin-Emile Burke was born in Sluice Point, Nova Scotia, and ordained a priest on March 25, 1950.  Burke was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Yarmouth on February 1, 1968, and consecrated on May 14, 1968. Burke was appointed archbishop of the Archdiocese of Halifax on July 8, 1991, and installed September 19, 1991. Burke retired on January 13, 1998.

See also
Archdiocese of Halifax
Diocese of Yarmouth

External links
Catholic-Hierarchy
Halifax Archdiocese
Diocese of Yarmouth

Category:20th-century Roman Catholic bishops
Category:21st-century Roman Catholic bishops
Category:Canadian Roman Catholic priests
Category:1922 births
Category:2011 deaths