Henry O'Neil (bishop)

The Most Rev Alexander Henry O’Neil , DD (23 July 1907 – 21 October 1997) was the 5th Bishop of Fredericton^[1] and later the 13th Metropolitan of Canada.^[2]
He was educated at The University of Western Ontario^[3] and ordained in 1930.^[4] He was Principal at Huron College^[5] then General Secretary of The British and Foreign Bible Society. He was consecrated Bishop on 25 January 1957^[6] and became Metropolitan of Canada in 1963; and retired from both posts in 1971.

Church of England titles
Preceded by William Henry Moorhead	Bishop of Fredericton 1957 – 1971	Succeeded by Harold Lee Nutter
Preceded by John Harkness Dixon	Metropolitan of Canada 1963 – 1971	Succeeded by William Davis

Notes

↑ Anglican Bishops of Canada
↑ Metropolitans of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada
↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP,1947
↑ Canadian Anglican
↑ Anglican Church of Canada

Bishops of Fredericton

John Medley Tully Kingdon John Richardson William Moorhead Henry O’Neil Harold Nutter George Lemmon Bill Hockin Claude Miller David Edwards

Metropolitans of Canada

Francis Fulford Ashton Oxenden John Medley John Lewis William Bond Arthur Sweatman Charles Hamilton Clarendon Worrell John Richardson John Hackenley Philip Carrington John Dixon Henry O'Neil William Davis Robert Seaborn Harold Nutter Reginald Hollis Stewart Payne Arthur Peters Bruce Stavert Claude Miller Percy Coffin

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