Louis Ralph Sherman was an Anglican bishop in Canada in the 20th century.[1]
Born on 22 August 1886, he was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and ordained after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1912.[2] He began his ordained ministry as a curate at the Christ Church Mission, Poplar. Emigrating to Canada he held a similar post at Trinity Church, Saint John, New Brunswick. He was the priest in charge and then the rector of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Toronto and after that dean of Quebec from 1925 to 1927 when he became Bishop of Calgary.[3] In 1943 he also became Archbishop and Metropolitan of Rupert’s Land, dying in post on 31 July 1953.[4]
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| Preceded by William Cyprian Pinkham |
Bishop of Calgary 1927–1953 |
Succeeded by Harry Richard Ragg |
| Preceded by Malcolm Taylor McAdam Harding |
Metropolitan of Rupert's Land 1943–1953 |
Succeeded by Walter Foster Barfoot |
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