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John Anderson (bishop of British Columbia)

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John Ogle Anderson (1912–1969) was an Anglican bishop in the mid 20th century.

Anderson was born in Manitoba and educated at St. John's College, Winnipeg. Ordained in 1937, after curacies at St Anne's, Wandsworth and All Saints' Winnipeg he was a chaplain during World War II with the Canadian Grenadier Guards and then rector of St Aidan's Winnipeg from 1946 to 1949. He was Dean of Rupert's Land (Winnipeg) (1949-1954) and then of Ottawa (1954-1962) before his ordination to the episcopate as Bishop of Red River, a suffragan bishop of Rupert's Land. In 1967, he was translated to British Columbia but died the following year.

References

  1. Manitoba History Society
  2. "Who's Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  3. Church website
  4. "List of Deans". Archived from the original on 2004-08-21. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
  5. "BC archives". Archived from the original on 2007-10-23. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded byHarold Sexton Bishop of British Columbia
1967–1969
Succeeded byFrederick Gartrell
Deans of Ottawa
Bishops of British Columbia


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