Fredric Jackson

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The Most Rev George Fredric Clarence Jackson, DD (also spelt Frederic and seldom Frederick; 5 July 1907 - 24 December 1990) was an eminent^[1] Anglican Bishop^[2] in the second half of the 20th century.^[3]

Educated at the University of Toronto and ordained in 1935,^[4] his first post was a curacy at Erin, Ontario. After this he held incumbencies in Halton Hills^[5] and Halton Hills. He was then Dean then Bishop of Qu'Appelle.^[6] In 1970 he was elected Metropolitan of Rupert's Land and Archbishop of Qu’Appelle. He concurrently held the post of Bishop Ordinary to the Armed Forces and also served the RCMP training centre, frequently conducting services in its chapel. Upon his retirement, he lived at the resort community of Katepwa on Katepwa Lake in the Qu'Appelle Valley and served as mayor of the community for several years. His and his wife's son Michael Jackson^[7] has for many years been and remains^[8] a Deacon at St Paul's Cathedral, Regina.

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Michael Edward Coleman	Bishop of Qu’Appelle 1960–1977	Succeeded by Michael Geoffrey Peers
Preceded by Howard Hewlett Clark	Metropolitan of Rupert’s Land 1970–1977	Succeeded by Frederick Hugh Wright Crabb

Notes

↑ Calgary Anglican
↑ Constitutions and Canons of the Province of Rupert’s Land
↑ Metropolitans of Rupert’s Land
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
↑ Who was Who 1987-1990: London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
↑ Bishops of the Diocese of Qu’Appelle
↑ Notable inter alia for many articles he has written for The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan http://www.esask.uregina.ca/
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v t e Bishops of Qu'Appelle

Adelbert Anson John Burn John Grisdale Malcolm Harding Edwin Knowles Michael Coleman Fredric Jackson Michael Peers Eric Bays Duncan Wallace Greg Kerr-Wilson Robert Hardwick

v t e Metropolitans of Rupert's Land

Robert Machray Samuel Matheson Isaac Stringer Malcolm Harding Louis Sherman Walter Barfoot Howard Clark Fredric Jackson Frederick Crabb Michael Peers Kent Clarke Walter H. Jones Barry Curtis Tom Morgan John Clarke David Ashdown

Persondata
Name	Jackson, Fredric
Alternative names
Short description	Canadian bishop
Date of birth	5 July 1907
Place of birth
Date of death	24 December 1990
Place of death

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