Eric Bays is a retired

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. Born on 10 August 1932 and educated at the

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and the

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, he was ordained in 1959. After a

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at All Saints’,

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he was

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, and then

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. Later he was

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of St Saviour’s,

and then Rector of All Saints', Winnipeg and Canon of St. John's Cathedral in the same city. From 1976 he was a

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at the College of Emmanuel and St Chad, and later Vice-Principal. In 1986 he was elected

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of Qu'Appelle, a post he held for 11 years.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bays, Eric 1932 births Living people University of Manitoba alumni Academic staff of the University of Saskatchewan 20th-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops Anglican bishops of Qu'Appelle