Frederick Kingston

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George Frederick Kingston (1889-20 November 1950) was a Canadian Anglican bishop in the 20th century.^[1]

Education and first bishopric

Kingston was born in Prescott, Ontario, educated at Trinity College, Toronto and ordained in 1916.^[2] He was Professor of Philosophy at King's College, Nova Scotia^[3] and then Dean of Trinity College until 1940 when he was ordained to the episcopate as the fifth Bishop of Algoma.^[4]

Archbishop and Primate

Kingston was translated to Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island as bishop in 1944. He subsequently became both Metropolitan (Archbishop of Nova Scotia) and the Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada in 1947.^[5] He died in post on 20 November 1950.

Personal life

He was an active Freemason, in Craft Freemasonry, Royal Arch Freemasonry, and the Red Cross of Constantine, and served as Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Canada (Ontario) and Nova Scotia, from 1948 until his death in 1950.^[6]

References

↑ Primates of the Anglican Church of Canada
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP, 1947
↑ “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991, ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
↑ Anglican Bishops of Canada
↑ The Times, 10 September 1947; p3; Issue 50862; col D, "New Anglican Primate in Canada"
↑ Denslow 10,000 Famous Freemasons, volume 3.

Religious titles
Preceded by Rocksborough Remington Smith	Bishop of Algoma 1940 – 1944	Succeeded by William Lockridge Wright
Preceded by John Hackenley	Bishop of Nova Scotia 1944 – 1950	Succeeded by Robert Harold Waterman
Preceded by Derwyn Trevor Owen	Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada 1947 – 1950	Succeeded by Walter Barfoot

v t e Bishops of Algoma

Frederick Fauquier Edward Sullivan George Thorneloe Rocksborough Smith Frederick Kingston William Wright Frank Nock Leslie Peterson Ronald Ferris Stephen Andrews

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 Primates of the Anglican Church of Canada

Robert Machray William Bond Arthur Sweatman Samuel Matheson Clarendon Worrell Derwyn Owen Frederick Kingston Walter Barfoot Howard Clark Ted Scott Michael Peers Andrew Hutchison Fred Hiltz

Persondata
Name	Kingston, George Frederick
Alternative names
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Date of birth	1889
Place of birth
Date of death	1950
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