William Mills (bishop)

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The Rt Rev William Lennox Mills was Bishop of Ontario from 1901 until 1917. [1]

Born in Woodstock, Ontario and educated at Huron College, [2] he was ordained in 1873. His first post was at Trinity Church, Norwich, Ontario after which he was Rector of St Thomas Seaforth, Ontario . [3] From there he became Lecturer in Ecclesiastical History at the Montreal Diocesan Theological College, [4] a canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal and finally (before his elevation to the episcopate) Archdeacon of St Andrew's, also in the Diocese of Montreal.

Notes

  1. ↑ The Times, Tuesday, May 08, 1917; pg. 9; Issue 41472; col F Obituary. The Bishop Of Ontario
  2. ↑ "Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN   071363457X
  3. ↑ Brief History of Church
  4. ↑ Cook, Ramsay (1998). Dictionary of Canadian Biography; Volume XIV, 1911 to 1920. University of Toronto Press, Les Presses de l'université Laval. ISBN   0-8020-3998-7
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