John Lyons (bishop)
John Lyons (29 November 1878 - 11 June 1958)[1] was the Anglican Bishop of Ontario,[2] then Metropolitan of Ontario[3] in the 20th century.
Educated at Trinity College, Toronto, he was the incumbent vicar at Plevna and then rector of Burritts Rapids. He held further positions at Elizabethtown, Picton, Belleville and Prescott. He was appointed Archdeacon of Frontenac in 1930 and Bishop of Ontario in 1932; and, for his last three years in office (1949 to 1952), the Metropolitan of Ontario.
References[edit]
- ^ The Times, 16 June 1958; pg. 13; Issue 54178; col B News in Brief
- ^ Crockford's clerical directory 1940/41 Oxford, OUP, 1940
- ^ Metropolitans of Ontario Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ With the supplementary title of Archbishop of Ontario
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