"There was no law in the statutes of the country penalizing the exercise of the Catholic Religion, but the penal laws of Ireland were supposed to be applicable to Newfoundland. However, the principle would not work both ways, and when Catholic Emancipation was granted to Ireland these same interpreters of the law held that the privileges of Emancipation did not apply to Newfoundland. During the whole course of his episcopate Bishop Fleming fought against, these injustices and finally succeeded in obtaining full freedom for the Catholics."
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Michael Anthony Fleming
Michael Anthony Fleming (1792 – 14 July 1850) was an Irish prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Newfoundland.
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