Henry Hill (bishop)
Henry Gordon Hill (14 December 1921 – 21 October 2006[1]) was the Anglican Bishop of Ontario [2] from 1975[3] until 1981.[4]
He was educated at Queen's University, Kingston and St John’s College, Cambridge. He was ordained]] Deacon in 1948; and Priest in 1950. His first posts were curacies in Belleville and Adolphustown. He was then Chaplain of St John’s College, Cambridge from 1952 to 1955 and then held a further curacy at Wisbech. After this he was the incumbencies at Reddendale and then an Academic at the University of Windsor until his elevation to the Episcopate.
During his lifetime and after his death, Hill was heavily criticized for ordaining Charles Farnsworth as a priest in the Diocese of Ontario without any education beyond high school. Abuse at an Anglican boarding school in his Diocese, Grenville Christian College, has been alleged during his time in office. Bishop Hill was also the Episcopal Visitor of the Community of Jesus on Cape Cod. One of Canada's national networks, CTV, aired a documentary film about the abuse on the W5 programme called "In the Name of God", which was released on February 6, 2016 to coincided with the launch of the book, "Grenville", by Andrew J. Hale-Byrne. "[5] "[6] "[7] "[8] "[9]
References
- ↑ Obits for life
- ↑ Anglican Foundation
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 p451 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ↑ ‘HILL, Rt Rev. Henry Gordon’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 3 Nov 2013
- ↑ http://www.ctvnews.ca/w5/former-students-allege-psychological-physical-and-sexual-abuse-at-ont-christian-school-1.2766446
- ↑ http://www.amazon.com/Grenville-Andrew-J-Hale-Byrne/dp/1523880058/ref=sr_1_cc_1?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1454774656&sr=1-1-catcorr&keywords=Grenville+by+Andrew+Hale-Byrne
- ↑ http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/02/29/former-grenville-christian-college-students-tell-harrowing-stories-of-abuse.html
- ↑ http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=f97cb98031895282f5ba5a0f8&id=9d493b866a
- ↑ https://www.amazon.ca/Our-Little-Secret-Judy-Steed/dp/0394223187
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| Preceded by Jack Creggan |
Bishop of Ontario 1975–1981 |
Succeeded by Allan Read |