John Andrew Richardson (30 October 1868 7 October 1938) was the third Bishop of Fredericton and later became Metropolitan of Canada[1]

He was educated at Warwick School and St. John's College, University of Manitoba.[2] Ordained in 1895,[3] he was Rector of St Luke's, Winnipeg[4] and then of the Parish of Saint John (Trinity Church) in Saint John, NB before becoming Bishop Coadjutor and Dean of Fredericton in 1906.[5] The following year he became its diocesan and in 1934 metropolitan of his province- posts he held until his death.

Notes

  1. The Times, Monday, Oct 10, 1938; pg. 16; Issue 48121; col B Obituary The Archbishop Of Fredericton Metropolitan Of Canada
  2. Who was Who 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X.
  3. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
  4. Church web-site
  5. Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 539.


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