Gerald Burch

William Gerald Burch (5 March 1911 - 22 October 2003) was a Canadian Anglican bishop.[1]

Biography

Born in Winnipeg on 5 March 1911 he was educated at the University of Toronto and ordained in 1938.[2] He was a Curate at Christ Church, Toronto from 1936 to 1940.[3] He held incumbencies at Scarborough Junction, St Luke, Winnipeg and All Saints, Windsor. He was Dean of All Saints Cathedral, Edmonton from 1956 to 1960 and Suffragan Bishop of Edmonton from 1960 to 1961. In that year he became its diocesan bishop, a post he held until 1976. He died on 22 October 2003.

Notes

  1. "Diocese of Edmonton Profile" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
  2. "Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
Religious titles
Preceded by
Walter Foster Barfoot
Bishop of Edmonton, Canada
1961 1976
Succeeded by
John Arthur William Langstone


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