Leonard Hatfield

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Leonard Fraser Hatfield , DD [1] (1 October 1919 - 14 September 2001) was a Canadian Anglican bishop and author [2] in the 20th century. [3]

Hatfield was educated at Dalhousie University and ordained in 1943. [4] He served at Halifax (Cathedral Church of All Saints), Antigonish (Christ Church), Dartmouth (St. Anthony's) and Truro (St John's) -all in Nova Scotia. [5] He was bishop suffragan of Nova Scotia from 1976; bishop coadjutor from 1979 and its diocesan until 1984. He retired in September 1984.

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References

  1. Diocesan Tribute Archived 28 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Amongst others he wrote "He Cares", 1958; "Simon Gibbons: First Eskimo Priest", 1987; "Sammy the Prince", 1990; and "Great Fun with Organists", 1995 > British Library website accessed 13:48 GMT 22 July 2011
  3. Canadian Anglican Bishops Archived 8 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  4. Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP, 1947
  5. "Who was Who"1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991, ISBN   0-7136-3457-X
Religious titles
Preceded by
George Feversham Arnold
Bishop of Nova Scotia
1980 1984
Succeeded by
Arthur Gordon Peters