William Geddes (bishop)

The Rt Rev William Archibald Geddes, DD, was an eminent Anglican priest in the mid 20th century.^[1]

He was born in the Magdalen Islands on 18 February 1894^[2] and educated at Dalhousie University. He served in the Great War as a gunner in the 8th Canadian Siege Battery. He was ordained in 1920 as a missionary to the Eskimo at Herschel Island. He was appointed Archdeacon of Yukon in 1927 ^[3] and the next year became Bishop of Mackenzie River, a post he held for 5 years. In 1934 he was translated to Yukon.^[4] He died in post on 16 April 1947.^[5]

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