- Robert Machray
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name = Robert Machray
religion =Anglican Church of Canada
See = Rupert's Land
Title =Bishop of Rupert's Land , Primate of All Canada
Period = 1865-1904
Predecessor = David Anderson
Successor = as bishop: Samuel Pritchard Matheson as Primate: William Bond
ordination = 1855
bishops =
post =
date of birth =17 May 1831
place of birth =Scotland
date of death =9 March 1904
place of death = Anglican PortalRobert Machray (
May 17 1831 -March 9 1904 ) was aChurch of England clergyman andmissionary and the first Primate of theChurch of England in Canada .Life
Born in
Scotland , Machray was educated at King's College,University of Aberdeen andSidney Sussex College, Cambridge where he studied mathematics, philosophy and theology. He wasordained in the Church of England in 1855 and served parishes in that country, as well as serving as dean of his alma mater at Cambridge. In 1865 he became bishop of theEcclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land (inCanada ) becomingarchbishop in 1875. At the firstGeneral Synod of CanadianAnglicans in 1893 he was unanimously elected the first "Primate of All Canada" serving in that post until his death. His feast day is on March 10.In 1893, he was appointed a Prelate of the
Order of St Michael and St George .External links
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* [http://anglicanhistory.org/canada/machray/index.html Historical resources on Robert Machray]
* [http://www.prayerbook.ca/library/machray/issue1/machray1a.htm The Legacy of Archbishop Robert Machray First Primate of All Canada]
* [http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/transactions/3/machray_r.shtml Manitoba Historial Society]
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