Lennox Williams

The Rt Rev Lennox Waldron Williams, DD (12 November 1859 – 8 July 1958) was an eminent [1] Anglican priest, the sixth Bishop of Quebec.[2]
Born into an eminent ecclesiastical family[3] and educated at St John’s College, Oxford, he was ordained in 1885.[4] His first post was a curacy at St Matthew’s, Quebec after which he was successively Rector, Rural Dean, Dean of Montreal and finally, in 1915, Bishop of Quebec-[5] resigning in 1935.[6]

Notes

  1. ↑ DNCB on-line
  2. ↑ Obituary The Rt. Rev. L. W. Williams The Times Wednesday, Jul 16, 1958; pg. 14; Issue 54204; col A
  3. ↑ His father, the Rt Revd James, was the fourth Bishop of Quebec > “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  4. ↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  5. ↑ Anglican Bishops of Quebec
  6. ↑ The Times, Saturday, Jun 15, 1935; pg. 8; Issue 47091; col G Ecclesiastical News: Resignation of Bishop Williams
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
Andrew Hunter Dunn		 Bishop of Quebec
1915 – 1935 		Succeeded by
Philip Carrington


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