- John Travers Lewis
John Travers Lewis (
20 June 1825 –6 May 1901 ) was aChurch of England clergyman, archbishop, and author. He was the Archbishop of Ontario, third Metropolitan of (Eastern) Canada, and the first Bishop of Ontario (Kingston) ["Encyclopedia of Canada's peoples" Magocsi,PR: Multicultural History Society of Ontario, University of Toronto Press, 1999 ISBN 0802029388] .
Born in Garrycloyne Castle, near Cork (Republic of Ireland ), the eldest son of the Reverend John Lewis and Rebecca Olivia Lawless, Lewis studied atTrinity College, Dublin [ [http://anglicanhistory.org/canada/jtlewis/bio/02.html Biography by wife] ] . He was made a Deacon in 1848 and a priest in 1849. He served as priest at Newtownbutler inCounty Fermanagh , before emigrating to Canada in 1849 to be with his mother who emigrated the year earlier. He was posted to Hawkesbury [ [http://www.geocities.com/bishopjtlewis/ Pioneer clergymen] ] and later in 1854 to Brockville. In 1861, he was appointed the first Bishop of Ontario (Kingston). In 1893, he became metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of Canada and then Archbishop of Ontario. He resigned in 1900 [ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London,A & C Black , 1991 ISBN 071363457X] .Notes
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