Rec., (c. 1821 – May 5, 1869) was an Irish-born Friar Minor who served as the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, from 1856 to 1869.

He was then assigned as a curate by Michael Anthony Fleming, O.S.F., the Vicar Apostolic of Newfoundland, to assist his uncle by caring for the congregation of St. Patrick's Parish in Carbonear.

[2] When Charles Dalton was later transferred to Harbour Grace, John became parish priest in Carbonear.

[3] For the first few years Dalton continued to live at Carbonear but, following the death of his uncle, he moved in 1860 to the rectory at Harbour Grace.

[4] In August 2018, Bishop Dalton, along with the Donnelly family were exhumed from the crypt and buried in the Harbour Grace Roman Catholic Cemetery.