Ivor Arthur Norris (9 July 1901 – 24 January 1969) was the second
Bishop of Brandon.
He was born in
Willesden Green and educated at
St John's College, Winnipeg
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and
King's College London
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and
ordained in 1926. He began his career as
Curate
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of All Saints,
Winnipeg after which he held
incumbencies in
Russell
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and
Neepawa. From 1947 to 1950 he was
Archdeacon of Brandon when he became
its diocesan bishop, the
Bishop of Brandon – a post he held until his death.
Handbook of the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada
He had become a Doctor of Divinity
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(DD).
References
1901 births
People from Willesden
University of Manitoba alumni
Alumni of King's College London
Anglican archdeacons in North America
Anglican bishops of Brandon
20th-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops
1969 deaths
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