John George Anderson was an Canadian Anglican priest in the first half of the 20th century[1]. He was born in Orkney, Saskatchewan on 23 March 1866[2], educated at St. John's College, University of Manitoba and ordained in 1889[3] after which he was a CMS missionary at Long Sault then Vicar of St Peter’s, Manitoba. From 1899 to 1909 he was Rural Dean of Lisgar. In that year he became Bishop of Moosonee, a post he held until 1943, for the last three years of which he was also Metropolitan of Ontario.[4]. He died on 15 June 1943.
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| Preceded by George Holmes |
Bishop of Moosonee 1909–1943 |
Succeeded by Robert John Renison |
| Preceded by John Charles Roper |
Metropolitan of Ontario 1940–1943 |
Succeeded by Charles Allen Seager |
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