Dean of Ontario explained

The Dean of Ontario is an Anglican dean in the Anglican Diocese of Ontario of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario, based at St George's Cathedral, Kingston. The incumbent is also Rector of St George's.The incumbents have been :

TenureIncumbentNotesRef
1862–1862George Okill Stuart(1776–1862) 1st Dean of Ontario, position created in 1862[1]
1862–1864William Lauder(?–1868) Dean of Leighlin, 1864-68[2]
1864–1885James Lyster(1810–1891) Dean of Leighlin, 1854–64
?–1906Buxton Smith(?–1906)
1907–1909John Cragg Farthing(1861–1947) Anglican Bishop of Montreal, 1909–39
1909–1917Edward Bidwell(1866–1941) Bishop of Ontario, 1917–26
1917–1925George Lothrop Starr(1872-1925)
1926–1943William Craig(1873–1957)
1943–1945Reginald Seeley(1908–1957)[3]
1945–1964Briarly Browne
1964–1976Richard Fleming
1977–1991Grahame Baker
1991–1993Michael Bedford-JonesSuffragan Bishop of Toronto, 1993
1995–2000A. V. "Terry" Bennett
2000–2002George Bruce(1942–) Bishop of Ontario, 2002[4]
?–?Alex Hewitt
2009–2015Mary Irwin-GibsonBishop of Montreal, 2015[5]
2017 --Donald Angus Davidson

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Macmillan dictionary of Canadian biography . 1978 . Toronto : Macmillan of Canada . Internet Archive . 978-0-7705-1462-4 . 806.
  2. Book: Ruggle, Richard E. . Anglican Clergy of Upper Canada / Canada West / Ontario . Internet Archive . 2021 .
  3. Web site: Rev. Seeley Funeral In Toronto . 17 April 2015 . Seeley Genealogical Society (originally Toronto Free Press).
  4. Book: Who's who 2018 . 2017 . London : Bloomsbury . Internet Archive . 978-1-4729-3501-4.
  5. Book: James, William . God's Plenty: Religious Diversity in Kingston . 250.