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John Charles Roper (1858-26 January 1940[1]) was an Anglican bishop in the Anglo-Catholic tradition[2] in the first half of the 20th century.[3]
Roper was educated at Keble College, Oxford.[4] Ordained in 1882,[5] he began his ministrywith a curacy at Herstmonceux and was then as chaplain of Brasenose College, Oxford. In 1886 he was appointed Professor of Divinity at Trinity College, Toronto and also served as parish priest of St Thomas's Toronto.[6]. He was then Professor of Theology at the General Theological Seminary, New York [7] In 1912 he became the third Bishop of British Columbia[8] and was later translated to be the Bishop of Ottawa three years later,[9] serving for 24 years[10] - the last six as the Metropolitan of Ontario.[11]
Church of England titles Preceded by
William Willcox PerrinBishop of British Columbia
1912 –1915Succeeded by
Augustine ScrivenPreceded by
Charles HamiltonBishop of Ottawa
1915 –1939Succeeded by
Robert JeffersonPreceded by
James Fielding SweenyMetropolitan of Ontario
1933 –1939Succeeded by
John George AndersonReferences
- ^ The Times, 29 January 1940; p1, "Deaths"
- ^ Biography for William Lennox Mills at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- ^ Anglican Bishops of Canada
- ^ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
- ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
- ^ Church intercessions
- ^ New York Times
- ^ British Columbia Archival Union List
- ^ ”Hold fast to the incarnation: the life and times of John Charles Roper, second bishop of Ottawa” Hankin, B.W: Ottawa, Anglican Diocese of Ottawa, 1990 ISBN 0969498004
- ^ Anglican Diocese of Ottawa
- ^ Ecclesiastical News New Canadian Archbishop The Times Friday, Jan 27, 1933; pg. 15; Issue 46353; col E
Anglican Bishops of British Columbia George Hills • William Willcox Perrin • John Charles Roper • Augustine Scriven • Charles de Veber Schofield • Harold Eustace Sexton • John Ogle Anderson • Frederick Roy Gartrell • Hywel James Jones • Ronald Francis Shepherd • Barry Jenks • James Cowan •
Anglican bishops of Ottawa Charles Hamilton • John Charles Roper • Robert Jefferson • Ernest Samuel Reed • William James Robinson • Edwin Keith Lackey • John Arthur Baycroft • Peter Robert Coffin • John Holland Chapman •
Metropolitans of Ontario Charles Hamilton • George Thorneloe • David Williams • James Fielding Sweeny • John Charles Roper • John George Anderson • Charles Allen Seager • John Lyons • Robert John Renison • William Lockridge Wright • James Augustus Watton • Lewis Samuel Garnsworthy • John Charles Bothwell • Edwin Keith Lackey • Percival Richard O'Driscoll • Terence Finlay • Caleb James Lawrence • Colin Johnson
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