William Legge (bishop)

William Gordon Legge (January 20 1913 – January 13, 1999) was an Anglican priest and bishop in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He was the first Bishop of the Diocese of Western Newfoundland, serving from 1976 to 1978.^[1]

He was ordained as a priest in 1938. After a curacy at Channel he held incumbencies at Botwood and Bell Island. ^[2]He was Archdeacon of Avalon from 1955 to 1968 when he became a Suffragan Bishop. ^[3]

References

↑ Anglican Journal, Feb 1, 1999 – William Gordon Legge, Obituary by Kathy Blair and Vianney Carriere
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7

Church of England titles
New diocese	Bishop of Western Newfoundland 1976 – 1978	Succeeded by Sidney Stewart Payne

Anglican Bishops of Newfoundland

Aubrey Spencer Edward Feild James Kelly Llewellyn Jones William White Philip Abraham John Meaden Robert Seaborn (became Bishop of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador) William Legge, Suffragan bishop (became Bishop of Western Newfoundland)

Bishops of Western Newfoundland

William Legge Stewart Payne Len Whitten Percy Coffin

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