Richard Young (bishop)

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The Rt. Rev. Richard Young
The Rt. Rev. Richard Young

Richard Young (September 7, 1843July 12, 1905) was a bishop in Rupert's Land. Young was born and educated in England. After being ordained as a priest in the Church of England in 1869, Young moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1875. In 1883 he became bishop of the see of Athabasca in present-day northern Alberta. In 1903 he resigned as bishop and returned to England where he lived until his death in 1905.

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