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George Holmes was an English-born Anglican bishopinCanada from 1905 to 1912.[1][2]

Holmes was born in Kendal, Westmorland on 23 November 1858[3] and ordained in 1887[4] after which he was a Church Mission Society (CMS) missionary in the Northwest Territories. In 1901 he became ArchdeaconofAthabasca[5] and four years later was ordained to the episcopate as the Bishop of Moosonoe. He was translated to the Diocese of Athabasca in 1909.[6] He died on 3 February 1912.[7]

References[edit]

  • ^ Who was Who 1897-1990, London, A & C Black, 1991, ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  • ^ The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory, London, Hamilton & Co, 1889
  • ^ Dictionary of Canadian Biography
  • ^ The Times, 4 February 1909, p. 7, "Ecclesiastical Intelligence"
  • ^ "Obituary: The Bishop Of Athabasca", The Times, 5 February 1912, p. 11.
  • Anglican Communion titles
    Preceded by

    Jervois Arthur Newnham

    Bishop of Moosonee
    1905–1909
    Succeeded by

    John George Anderson

    Preceded by

    Richard Young

    Bishop of Athabasca
    1909–1912
    Succeeded by

    Edwin Frederick Robins


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