Joseph A. Canning

The Reverend Joseph A. Canning SJ
Canning in 1927
18th President of Loyola College in Maryland
In office 1934–1938
Preceded by	Henri J. Wiesel
Succeeded by	Edward B. Bunn
Personal details
Born	(1882-10-31)October 31, 1882 New York City, U.S.
Died	March 23, 1951(1951-03-23) (aged 68) Jersey City, New Jersey, U.S.
Resting place	St. Andrew-on-Hudson
Alma mater	St. Andrew-on-Hudson Woodstock College
Orders
Ordination	June 28, 1915 by James Gibbons

Joseph A. Canning SJ (October 31, 1882 – March 23, 1951) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit. Born in New York City, he studied at St. Francis Xavier High School, before entering the Society of Jesus in 1898. He continued his studies at St. Andrew-on-Hudson and Woodstock College. He was ordained a priest in 1915, and spent the next eight years as a missionary in Jamaica.

He returned to the United States in 1925, and was an administrator and teacher at Jesuit schools in Washington, D.C., New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. In 1934, he became the president of Loyola College in Maryland. Upon the end of his term four years later, he returned to St. Peter's High School, and he died in Jersey City in 1951.