The Rt Rev Edward Arthur Dunn was an eminent Anglican Bishop in the mid 20th century.[1]
Born into an ecclesiastical family – his father was the Rt Revd Andrew Hunter Dunn, sometime Bishop of Quebec[2] – on 8 August 1870, he was educated at Marlborough and Pembroke College, Cambridge.[3][4] Ordained in 1895 he was successively Curate then Rector of St Paul’s Quebec,[5] Professor of Pastoral Theology at Bishop's University, Lennoxville and finally (before his elevation to the Episcopate) Rural Dean of Gaspe . Appointed to the post of Bishop of Belize in 1917 he was later elected Archbishop of the West Indies.[6] After retiring he continued to take an active part in the life of his adopted country [7] until his death on 11 January 1955.
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Preceded by Walter Farrar |
Bishop of Belize 1917 – 1943 |
Succeeded by William James Hughes |
Preceded by Edward Hutson |
Archbishop of the West Indies 1936 – 1943 |
Succeeded by Arthur Henry Anstey |
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