John Anderson (bishop of British Columbia) explained

John Ogle Anderson (1912–1969[1]) was an Anglican bishop in the mid 20th century.

Anderson was born in Manitoba and educated at St. John's College, Winnipeg.[2] Ordained in 1937, after curacies at St Anne's, Wandsworth[3] 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) [4] 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.[5]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/anderson_jo.shtml Manitoba History Society
  2. "Who's Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991
  3. http://www.stanneswandsworth.org.uk/ Church website
  4. Web site: List of Deans . 2008-11-29 . https://archive.today/20040821110639/http://ottawa.anglican.ca/cathedral/previous-clergy.htm . 2004-08-21 . dead .
  5. Web site: BC archives . 2015-04-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071023205159/http://aabc.bc.ca/WWW.angbc.archbc/display.ANGBC-641 . 2007-10-23 . dead .