Edward Bidwell

The Rt Rev.Edward John Bidwell was a former Bishop of Ontario.^[1]. He was born into an ecclesiastical family^[2] on 26 November 1866 and educated at Bradfield and Wadham College, Oxford. Ordained in 1892 he was successively headmaster of the Preparatory School, Leamington College and then the Cathedral Grammar School, Peterborough. In 1903 he emigrated to Canada to be headmaster of Bishop's College School, Lennoxville before being appointed Dean of the Diocese's Cathedral in 1909, a post he held for eight years^[3] until he ascended to the Episcopate. He died on 11 August 1941 ^[4].

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Preceded by William Lennox Mills	Bishop of Ontario 1917 – 1926	Succeeded by Charles Allen Seager

Notes

^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975/6 Lambeth, Church House Publishing 0108153674
^ His father was the Rev George Bidwell, sometime Rector of Simpson, Bucks - “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 9780199540877
^ From 1913 he was also Coadjutor bishop with the title of Bishop of Kingston Who was Who (ibid)
^ The Times, Friday, Aug 15, 1941; pg. 7; Issue 49005; col G Obituary The Rt Rev E.J. Bidwell

Bishops of Ontario

John Travers Lewis • William Lennox Mills • Edward John Bidwell • Charles Allen Seager • John Lyons • Kenneth Charles Evans • Jack Burnett Creggan • Henry Gordon Hill • Allan Alexander Read • Peter Mason • George Bruce •

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Name	Bidwell, Edward John
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Date of birth	1866
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Date of death	1941
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