John Anderson (archbishop of Moosonee) explained

John George Anderson was a Canadian Anglican bishop in the 20th century.[1]

Anderson was born in Orkney, Saskatchewan, Canada on 23 March 1866.[2] He was educated at St. John's College, University of Manitoba.

Anderson ordained in 1889[3] after which he was a Church Mission Society (CMS) missionary at Long Sault and then Vicar of St Peter's Manitoba. From 1899 to 1909 he was Rural Dean of Lisgar.[4] In 1909 he became Bishop of Moosonee, a post he held until 1943, for the last three years of which he was also Metropolitan of Ontario.[5] He died on 15 June 1943.

Notes and References

  1. http://province-ontario.anglican.ca/?page_id=3 Province of Ontario
  2. Who was Who 1897-1990, London, A & C Black, 1991 .
  3. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
  4. Book: [[Richard Malden|Malden Richard (ed)]] . . London . The Field Press. 1064. 1920 .
  5. The Times, 21 September 1940, p. 6.