Arthur Peters (bishop)

Arthur Gordon Peters , DD (born 21 December 1935) was a Canadian Anglican bishop in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.[1]

Peters was educated at the University of King's College [2] and ordained in 1963.[3] After a curacy at Waverly he became Rector of Weymouth. He held further incumbencies at Annapolis-Granville and Christ Church, Sydney before being appointed Bishop Coadjutor of Nova Scotia in 1982. Two years later he was appointed its full Diocesan. In 1997 he became Archbishop of Nova Scotia and Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada, retiring in 2002.

Religious titles
Preceded by
Leonard Fraser Hatfield
Bishop of Nova Scotia
1984 – 2002
Succeeded by
Fred Hiltz
Preceded by
Sidney Stewart Payne
Metropolitan of Canada
1997 – 2002
Succeeded by
Alexander Bruce Stavert

References

  1. ^ Canadian Anglican Bishops
  2. ^ “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991, ISBN 071363457X
  3. ^ Crockford's clerical directory London, Church House 1975 ISBN 0108153674