George Thorneloe (4 October 1848-3 August 1935[1]) was a Canadian Anglican bishop at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th.[2]
Thorneloe was born in Coventry, educated at Bishop’s College, Lennoxville[3] and ordained in 1874.[4] He was a missionary at Stanstead in Quebec Province until 1885 when he became Rector of St Peter's Sherbrooke.[5] In 1896 he was elected Bishop of Algoma [6] and in 1915 he also became Metropolitan of Ontario,[7] positions he held until 1927.[8] A village in rural Ontario is named after him.[9]
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| Preceded by Edward Sullivan |
Bishop of Algoma 1897 – 1927 |
Succeeded by Rocksborough Remington Smith |
| Preceded by Charles Hamilton |
Metropolitan of Ontario 1915 – 1927 |
Succeeded by David Williams |
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