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William Wallace Davis , DD (10 December 1908 – 29 May 1987 ) was a Canadian Anglican bishop in the 20th century.

Davis was educated at the University of Bishop's College, Lennoxville and ordained in 1932. After a curacy at St Matthew, Ottawa he was the incumbent at Coaticook before becoming the Archdeacon of Quebec in 1947. He was Dean of Nova Scotia and Rector of the Cathedral Church of All Saints, Halifax from 1952 to 1958 when he became Bishop Coadjutor of Nova Scotia. He was appointed its full diocesan five years later. In 1972 he became Archbishop of Nova Scotia and Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada, retiring in 1975.

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded byRobert Harold Waterman	Bishop of Nova Scotia 1963 – 1975	Succeeded byGeorge Feversham Arnold
Preceded byAlexander Henry O'Neil	Metropolitan of Canada 1972 – 1975	Succeeded byRobert Lowder Seaborn

References

v t e Bishops of Nova Scotia and of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia	Charles Inglis Robert Stanser John Inglis Hibbert Binney Frederick Courtney Clarendon Worrell John Hackenley Frederick Kingston Robert Waterman William Davis George Arnold Leonard Hatfield Arthur Peters Russ Hatton
NS&PEI	Arthur Peters Fred Hiltz Sue Moxley Ronald Cutler Sandra Fyfe

v t e Metropolitans of Canada
Francis Fulford Ashton Oxenden John Medley John Lewis William Bond Arthur Sweatman Charles Hamilton Clarendon Worrell John Richardson John Hackenley Philip Carrington John Dixon Henry O'Neil William Davis Robert Seaborn Harold Nutter Reginald Hollis Stewart Payne Arthur Peters Bruce Stavert Claude Miller Percy Coffin Ronald Cutler David Edwards

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