John Anderson (bishop of British Columbia)

John Ogle Anderson (1912–1969[1]) was an Anglican bishop in the mid 20th century.

Anderson was born in Manitoba and educated at St. John's College, Winnipeg.[2] Ordained in 1937, after curacies at St Anne's, Wandsworth[3] and All Saints' Winnipeg he was a chaplain during World War II with the Canadian Grenadier Guards and then rector of St Aidan's Winnipeg from 1946 to 1949. He was Dean of Rupert's Land (Winnipeg) (1949-1954) and then of Ottawa (1954-1962) [4] before his ordination to the episcopate as Bishop of Red River, a suffragan bishop of Rupert's Land. In 1967, he was translated to British Columbia but died the following year.[5]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Manitoba History Society
2. ^ "Who's Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
3. ^ Church website
4. ^ "List of Deans". Archived from the original on 2004-08-21. Retrieved 2008-11-29.
5. ^ "BC archives". Archived from the original on 2007-10-23. Retrieved 2015-04-03.

Anglican Communion titles

Preceded by

Harold Sexton

|  Bishop of British Columbia
1967-1969  | Succeeded by

Frederick Gartrell

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Deans of Ottawa

* John Lauder
* Frank Salmon
* Howard Clark
* John Anderson
* Frederick Gartrell
* Ed Downey
* John Baycroft
* Peter Coffin
* Shane Parker

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Bishops of British Columbia

* George Hills
* William Perrin
* Charles Roper
* Augustine Scriven
* Charles Schofield
* Harold Sexton
* John Anderson
* Frederick Gartrell
* Hywel Jones
* Ron Shepherd
* Barry Jenks
* James Cowan
* Logan McMenamie
* Anna Greenwood-Lee

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