Frederick Wilkinson
Frederick Hugh Wilkinson MM (two bars), ED (1896 – 1980) was the 7th Bishop of Toronto.[1]
Life and ministry
Wilkinson was born in 1896[2] into an ecclesiastical family[3] and educated at the University of Toronto. He was ordained in 1925.
He began his ordained ministry as a curate at the Church of the Ascension, Hamilton, Ontario.[4] After this he was a professor at the College of Emmanuel and St. Chad, Saskatoon and then Rector of St Stephen's Calgary . He was Sub-Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver from 1932 to 1936.[5] Further incumbencies at St James's Montreal and St Paul's Toronto followed[6] before he became a coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Toronto in 1953 and its diocesan bishop in 1955. He served until 1966 and died in 1980.[7]
References
- ^ 2nd John Stachan Lecture, 1964. Openlibrary.org. Retrieved on September 14, 2011.
- ^ Canada veterans. Canadaveteranshallofvalour.com (September 27, 1918). Retrieved on September 14, 2011.
- ^ Canadian Historical Review University of Toronto Press ISSN 0008-3755 Issue Volume 67, Number 4 / 1986 pp62-63
- ^ CCC History. .telus.net. Retrieved on September 14, 2011.
- ^ Diocese of New Westminster. .telus.net. Retrieved on September 14, 2011.
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ^ Empire Club of Canada. Speeches.empireclub.org (October 9, 1958). Retrieved on September 14, 2011.
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Preceded by Alton Ray Beverley | Bishop of Toronto 1955 – 1966 | Succeeded by George Boyd Snell |
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- John Strachan
- Alexander Bethune
- Arthur Sweatman
- James Sweeny
- Derwyn Owen
- Ray Beverley
- Frederick Wilkinson
- George Snell
- Lewis Garnsworthy
- Terence Finlay
- Colin Johnson
- Andrew Asbil
- Arthur Brown
- Douglas Blackwell
- Taylor Pryce (York-Simcoe)
- Victoria Matthews
- Joachim Fricker
- Ann Tottenham
- Michael Bedford-Jones
- George Elliott
- Peter Fenty (York-Simcoe)
- Philip Poole
- Patrick Yu
- Linda Nicholls
- Jenny Andison (York-Credit Valley)
- Kevin Robertson (York-Scarborough)
- Riscylla Shaw (Trent-Durham)
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