Grahame Baker

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Grahame Brinkworth Baker, AKC was Dean of Ontario from 1977 to 1991. [1]

Baker was educated at King's College London and ordained in 1956. [2] After a curacy in Wandsworth he held incumbencies in British Columbia before his appointment as Dean.

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References

  1. Cathedral Web site
  2. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 p44 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN   0-19-200008-X