John Charles Roper (1858 – 26 January 1940) was an
Anglican
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bishop
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in the
Anglo-Catholic
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tradition in the first half of the 20th century.
Biography
Roper was educated at
Keble College, Oxford
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.
Ordained in 1882, he began his ministry with a
curacy
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at
Herstmonceux and was then as
chaplain
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of
Brasenose College, Oxford
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.
In 1886, he was appointed
Professor
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of
Divinity
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at
Trinity College, Toronto
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and also served as
parish priest
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of St Thomas's
Toronto
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. He was then
Professor
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of
Theology
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at the
General Theological Seminary
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,
New York City
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In 1912 he became the third
Bishop of British Columbia and was
translated to be the
Bishop of Ottawa three years later, serving for 24 years - the last six as the
Metropolitan of Ontario.
[''Ecclesiastical News New Canadian Archbishop'' ]The Times
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Friday, Jan 27, 1933; pg. 15; Issue 46353; col E
References
1858 births
1940 deaths
Anglican bishops of British Columbia
Anglican bishops of Ottawa
Metropolitans of Ontario
Alumni of Keble College, Oxford
Academic staff of the University of Toronto
Anglo-Catholic bishops
20th-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops
20th-century Anglican archbishops
Canadian Anglo-Catholics
General Theological Seminary faculty
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