Dean of Montreal

The Dean of Montreal is an Anglican dean in the Anglican Diocese of Montreal of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada, based at Christ Church Anglican Cathedral in Montreal.

The incumbents have been (incomplete list):

Tenure Incumbent Notes Ref
1854–1872John Wadden Bethune(1791–1872), 1st Dean of Montreal[1]
1872–1878William Bennett Bond(1815–1906), afterwards Bishop of Montreal, 1878[2]
1879–1883Maurice Scollard Baldwin(1836–1904), afterwards Bishop of Huron, 1883[3]
1883–1902James Carmichael(1838–1908), afterwards Bishop of Montreal, 1906
c.1902–1915Lennox Waldron Williams(1859–1958), afterwards Bishop of Quebec, 1915
?–1939Arthur Carlisle(1881–1943), afterwards Bishop of Montreal, 1939
1940–1943John Harkness Dixon(1888–1972), afterwards Bishop of Montreal, 1943[4]
1944–1952Kenneth Charles Evans(1903–1970), afterwards Bishop of Ontario, 1952
1953–1960George Hasted Dowker (1900–1986)
1960–?1963Robert Kenneth Maguire (1923–2000), afterwards Bishop of Montreal,1963 [5]
1968–?1969Barry Valentine (1927–2009), afterwards Bishop of Rupert's Land,1970
1969–1985Ronald Francis Shepherd(1926–2012), afterwards Bishop of British Columbia, 1985 [6]
1991–2011Michael J. Pitts[7]
2011–presentJ. Paul Kennington[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Dean of Montreal". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2005.
  2. ↑ Virr, George (1994). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0-8020-3998-7. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
  3. ↑ Borthwick, Douglas. History of the Diocese of Montreal, 1850-1910. p. 57.
  4. ↑ http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19400106&id=J38uAAAAIBAJ&sjid=75gFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1596,928996
  5. ↑ http://www.dankat.com/earls/chap3.htm
  6. ↑ "The Right Reverend Ronald Francis Shepherd". Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Cathedral Script - June July 1991 (No. 185)". Christ Church Cathedral Montreal. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  8. ↑ "New Dean installed in Diocese of Montreal’s Christ Church Cathedral". Retrieved 4 September 2014.