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Msgr. Canice Joseph Foran was born in Ottawa on October 2, 1902. He completed his theological studies St. Augustine Seminary in Toronto between 1924-1927 and in Edmonton at St. Joseph’s Seminary between 1927-1928. He was ordained in Edmonton, on June 24, 1928.
Over his career as a priest he served in many parishes including Sacred Heart Church, Edmonton in 1928; assistant at Sacred Heart Parish in Edmonton between 1934-1940; Assistant at St. Anthony’s, Edmonton between 1940-1943, and as Pastor at St. Anthony’s in Edmonton between 1943-1973.
Msgr. Foran also studied at the Angelicum in Rome between 1928-1930. He was also a Professor of Dogmatic Theology, Church History, Catechetics and Homiletics at St. Joseph’s Seminary in Edmonton between 1930-1933. He died on May 15, 1973.