Frederick Kingston

George Frederick Kingston (1889 20 November 1950) was a Canadian Anglican bishop in the 20th century.[1]

Education and first bishopric

Kingston was born in Prescott, Ontario, educated at Trinity College, Toronto and ordained in 1916.[2] He was Professor of Philosophy at King's College, Nova Scotia[3] and then Dean of Trinity College until 1940 when he was ordained to the episcopate as the fifth Bishop of Algoma.[4]

Archbishop and Primate

Kingston was translated to Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island as bishop in 1944. He subsequently became both Metropolitan (Archbishop of Nova Scotia) and the Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada in 1947.[5] He died in post on 20 November 1950.

Personal life

He was an active Freemason, in Craft Freemasonry, Royal Arch Freemasonry, and the Red Cross of Constantine, and served as Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Canada (Ontario) and Nova Scotia, from 1948 until his death in 1950.[6]

References

  1. Primates of the Anglican Church of Canada
  2. Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP, 1947
  3. “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991, ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  4. Anglican Bishops of Canada
  5. The Times, 10 September 1947; p3; Issue 50862; col D, "New Anglican Primate in Canada"
  6. William R. Denslow (2004). 10,000 Famous Freemasons from K to Z. Kessinger Publishing. pp. 27–. ISBN 978-1-4179-7579-2.
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
Rocksborough Remington Smith
Bishop of Algoma
1940 1944
Succeeded by
William Lockridge Wright
Preceded by
John Hackenley
Bishop of Nova Scotia
1944 1950
Succeeded by
Robert Harold Waterman
Preceded by
Derwyn Trevor Owen
Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada
1947 1950
Succeeded by
Walter Barfoot


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