Dean of Ontario

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 :

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

References

  1. ^ The Macmillan dictionary of Canadian biography. Internet Archive. Toronto : Macmillan of Canada. 1978. p. 806. ISBN 978-0-7705-1462-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  2. ^ a b c d Ruggle, Richard E. (2021). Anglican Clergy of Upper Canada / Canada West / Ontario. Internet Archive.
  3. ^ "Rev. Seeley Funeral In Toronto". Seeley Genealogical Society (originally Toronto Free Press). Retrieved 17 April 2015.
  4. ^ Who's who 2018. Internet Archive. London : Bloomsbury. 2017. ISBN 978-1-4729-3501-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ^ James, William. God's Plenty: Religious Diversity in Kingston. p. 250.