Birth Date: | 30 October 1868 |
Death Date: | 7 October 1938 |
Alma Mater: | St. John's College, University of Manitoba |
Church: | Church of England |
Ordained: | 1895 |
Offices Held: | Bishop of Fredericton Metropolitan of Canada |
John Andrew Richardson (30 October 1868 - 7 October 1938) was the third Bishop of Fredericton and later became Metropolitan of Canada.[1]
He was educated at Warwick School and St. John's College, University of Manitoba.[2] Ordained in 1895,[3] he was Rector of St Luke's, Winnipeg[4] and then of the Parish of Saint John (Trinity Church) in Saint John, New Brunswick, before becoming Bishop Coadjutor and Dean of Fredericton in 1906.[5] The following year he became its diocesan and in 1934 metropolitan of his province- posts he held until his death.