John Christopher Richard Williams was Bishop of the Arctic at the end of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st. Born on 22 May 1936, educated at

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and

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and

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in 1960 he began his career as a

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. Emigrating to Canada he became missionary at Sugluk. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975/6 Lambeth, Church House Publishing 0108153674 Later he was

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of The Keewatin and

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Yellowknife Yellowknife (; Dogrib: ) is the capital, largest community, and only city in the Northwest Territories, Canada. It is on the northern shore of Great Slave Lake, about south of the Arctic Circle, on the west side of Yellowknife Bay near the ...

. He was ordained to the

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as the suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Arctic in 1987. In 1990 he became

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and the diocesan bishop in 1991. He was succeeded in 2002 by

Andrew Atagotaaluk Andrew Atagotaaluk was the Bishop of The Arctic and the first Inuk diocesan bishop in the Anglican Communion The Anglican Communion is the third largest Christian communion after the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. Founded ...

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1936 births People educated at Manchester Grammar School Alumni of the University of Manchester Anglican archdeacons in North America Anglican bishops of The Arctic 20th-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops 21st-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops Living people {{Canada-Anglican-bishop-stub