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Alfred Crowfoot
Alfred Henchman Crowfoot (14 September 1881 – 21 November 1962) was Dean of Quebec from 1927 to 1947. Crowfoot was born in Beccles on 14 September 1881, the son of William Miller Crowfoot MB, FRCS and Catherine Anne Bayly. He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He was ordained after a period of study at Wells Theological College in 1905. After a curacy in Wigan he held three incumbencies in New Brunswick: at Grand Falls, Hampton and Saint John. He was Archdeacon of Saint John from 1916 to 1927. He married Margaret Jessie Walker, the daughter of the Rev. Millidge P. Walker and his wife, Jessie Inches, on 30 June 1914. Through her mother, Margaret was a member of the Smalls of Dirnanean. The couple had a son and a daughter. A scholarly man, in 1947 Crowfoot wrote a guide to the Quebec cathedral, entitled ''The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Quebec: A Perambulation''. In 1957, a biography Crowfoot wrote, entitled ''Benjamin Cronyn: First Bishop of Huron'', was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Diocese Of Quebec
The Anglican Diocese of Quebec was founded by Letters Patent in 1793 and is a part of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada of the Anglican Church of Canada, in turn a province of the Anglican Communion. In 1842, her jurisdiction was described as "Canada East" or "Lower Canada" (technically an historical term in 1842). The diocese comprises 720,000 square kilometres and took its present shape in 1850 with the carving off of what is now the Anglican Diocese of Montreal, Diocese of Montreal. It includes a territory of west to east from Magog, Quebec, Magog to the Gaspé Peninsula, Gaspe and the Magdalen Islands, south to north from the United States border to Kawawachikamach (Naskapi village municipality), Kawawachikamach and several communities along the Lower North Shore. The diocesan office is located in Quebec City, as is Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral, completed in 1804. The diocese counts approximately 1,600 Anglican faithful who gather in 65 parishes as of 2022. With both t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
