Henry Hooper Marsh (6 October 1898 – 27 January 1995) was an eminent

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in the second half of the 20th century. He was born into an ecclesiastical family on 6 October 1898 and educated at

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. Ordained in 1925 his first posts were curacies at St Anne,

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and St Paul, in the same city. After this he was

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of St Timothy's Mission,

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. When this became a

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Church web site
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from 1936 to 1962 when he became

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. He retired in 1967 and died on 27 January 1995. He had become a

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(DD).

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1898 births University of Toronto alumni Anglican bishops of Yukon 20th-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops 1995 deaths {{Canada-Anglican-bishop-stub