James McGuigan

His Eminence James Charles McGuigan.
Cardinal, Archbishop emeritus of Toronto

See	Toronto
Installed	December 22, 1934—March 30, 1971
Predecessor	Neil McNeil
Successor	Philip Francis Pocock
Other posts	Previously Archbishop of Regina
Orders
Created Cardinal	February 18, 1946
Personal details
Born	November 26, 1894 Hunter River, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Died	April 8, 1974 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Coat of arms

Styles of James Charles McGuigan

Reference style	His Eminence
Spoken style	Your Eminence
Informal style	Cardinal
See	Toronto

James Charles McGuigan (November 26, 1894 – April 8, 1974) was a Canadian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Toronto from 1934 to 1971, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1946 by Pope Pius XII.

James Charles McGuigan was born in Hunter River, Prince Edward Island, to George Hugh McGuigan and his wife Anne Monaghan. Baptized by Fr. Ronald MacDonald, he received his first Communion from Msgr. Jean Chaisson and his confirmation from Bishop James Charles McDonald. After attending Prince of Wales College and Saint Dunstan's University (where he obtained the Governor General's Academic Medal) in Charlottetown, McGuigan studied at Laval University (receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1914) and the Grand Seminary (earning doctorates in philosophy and theology in 1918) in Quebec City.

McGuigan was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Louis James O'Leary on May 26, 1918, and then taught at St. Dunstan's University for a year before serving as private secretary to Bishop Henry Joseph O'Leary until 1922, when he was named diocesan chancellor of Edmonton. Becoming vicar general of the same in 1923, McGuigan was named rector of St. Joseph's Cathedral in 1924. He took a post-graduate course in 1927 at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., from where he obtained his doctorate in canon law. He was raised to the rank of a Protonotary Apostolic on September 13, 1927, and later made the rector of the newly established St. Joseph's Seminary that same year.