Frederick Courtney

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The Rt Rev Frederick Courtney (1837 – 1918) was an eminent Anglican priest, the fifth Bishop of Nova Scotia.^[1]
Born into an ecclesiastical family,^[2] he was educated at King's College London and ordained in 1864.^[3] His first post was a curacy at Hadlow, Kent after which he was the incumbent of Charles’s Chapel, Plymouth until 1870 and then St Jude’s, Glasgow until 1876 when he emigrated to North America. He was an Assistant at St Thomas’s, New York until 1880 then Rector of St James’s, Chicago. His last post before elevation to the Episcopate^[4] was at St Paul’s, Boston.

After he retired as Bishop of Nova Scotia in 1904, he returned to New York to serve as Rector of St. James' Church on Madison Avenue, a position from which he retired in 1915. He died in New York on 29 December 1918.^[5]

Religious titles
Preceded by Hibbert Binney	Bishop of Nova Scotia 1888 – 1904	Succeeded by Clarendon Lamb Worrell

Notes

↑ The Times, Thursday, Feb 02, 1888; pg. 5; Issue 32298; col F New Bishop of Nova Scotia
↑ His father was the Rev S. Courtney of Charles Chapel, Plymouth > “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
↑ Anglican Bishops of Canada
↑ NY Times

v t e Bishops of Nova Scotia and of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island

Nova Scotia	Charles Inglis Robert Stanser John Inglis Hibbert Binney Frederick Courtney Clarendon Worrell John Hackenley Frederick Kingston Robert Waterman William Davis George Arnold Leonard Hatfield Arthur Peters Russ Hatton, suffragan bishop

NS&PEI	Arthur Peters Fred Hiltz Sue Moxley Ron Cutler, suffragan bishop

v t e Anglican Church of Canada

National Church	Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada

Ecclesiastical Provinces	British Columbia and Yukon Canada Ontario Rupert's Land

Dioceses	Algoma The Arctic Athabasca Brandon British Columbia Caledonia Calgary Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior Central Newfoundland Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador Edmonton Fredericton Huron Keewatin Kootenay Montreal Moosonee New Westminster Niagara Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island Ontario Ottawa Qu'Appelle Quebec Rupert's Land Saskatchewan Saskatoon Toronto Western Newfoundland Yukon Former: Cariboo Mackenzie River

Worship and Liturgy	Book of Common Prayer (Canada) Book of Alternative Services Calendar of saints (Anglican Church of Canada) Waterloo Declaration

Other	Anglican Journal

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Persondata
Name	Courtney, Frederick
Alternative names
Short description	British bishop
Date of birth	1837
Place of birth
Date of death	1918
Place of death

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