Bill Coleman (bishop)


Bill Coleman
Personal details
Born 16 August 1917
Died 21 July 1992 (aged 74)
Newboro

William Robert "Bill" Coleman (16 August 1917 – 21 July 1992) was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century.

Coleman was educated at the University of Toronto [1] and ordained in 1943.[2] He began his career with a curacy at the Church of the Epiphany, Sudbury.[3] then itsPriest in charge 1943–45. He was then successively Professor of Religious Philosophy and Ethics at Wycliffe College, Dean of Divinity at Bishop's University and Principal of Huron College.[4] In 1961 he became Bishop of Kootenay, a post he held for four years.

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Religious titles
Preceded by
Walter Adams
Bishop of Kootenay
1961–1965
Succeeded by
Philip Beattie