Frederick Wilkinson

Frederick Hugh Wilkinson MM (two bars), ED 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

1. 2nd John Stachan Lecture, 1964. Openlibrary.org. Retrieved on September 14, 2011.
2. Canada veterans. Canadaveteranshallofvalour.com (September 27, 1918). Retrieved on September 14, 2011.
3. Canadian Historical Review University of Toronto Press ISSN 0008-3755 Issue Volume 67, Number 4 / 1986 pp62-63
4. CCC History. .telus.net. Retrieved on September 14, 2011.
5. Diocese of New Westminster. .telus.net. Retrieved on September 14, 2011.
6. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
7. Empire Club of Canada. Speeches.empireclub.org (October 9, 1958). Retrieved on September 14, 2011.