Archibald Fleming

Archibald Lang Fleming FRGS was the inaugural Bishop of The Arctic ^[1] from 1933^[2] to 1949.

Born on 8 September 1883 and educated at Greenock Academy and Glasgow University he was in the drawing office at John Brown & Co, a shipyard in Clydebank, until 1906^[3] when he went to Canada to prepare for missionary work at Wycliffe College.^[4] Ordained in 1912^[5] he was a missionary in Baffinland until 1916. Later he was Chaplain of his old theological college then Rector of Saint John, New Brunswick. He was Archdeacon of The Arctic from 1927^[6] to his elevation to the Episcopate. A noted author,^[7] he died on 17 May 1953^[8]

Notes

1. The Times, Friday, Dec 22, 1933; pg. 9; Issue 46634; col A First Bishop of The Arctic
2. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975/6 Lambeth, Church House Publishing 0108153674
3. Canadian Christians
4. Who was Who 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
5. ”The Clergy List” London, Kelly’s, 1913
6. Canadian Encyclopaedia
7. Amongst others he wrote "For Us, a series of devotional addresses on the Seven Last Words", 1923; "A Book of Remembrance, a History of St John’s Church, St John, NB", 1925; "Dwellers in Arctic Night", 1928; "Perils of the Polar Pack", 1932; and "Flying Beyond the Arctic Circle", 1933 > British Library web site accessed 18:27GMT Tuesday 18th May, 2010
8. Bishop A. L. Fleming Mission Work In The Arctic The Times Tuesday, May 19, 1953; pg. 8; Issue 52625; col E