Joachim Carl Fricker (January 12, 1927 – October 28, 2018) was a Canadian

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. Fricker was born in Germany of Swiss ancestry and immigrated to Canada as a child. He was originally raised as a

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but became an Anglican."Joachim Fricker remembered as a Gifted Liturgical Innovator"
The Anglican Journal, November 16, 2018 He was educated at the

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and

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in 1952. After a

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in Hannon, Ontario he held incumbencies at

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and Dundas. He was

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from 1973 to 1986; and a

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of the Credit Valley in the Diocese of Toronto from 1986 until his retirement in 1993. Fricker was one of the leaders in producing and introducing the

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Deans of Niagara University of Western Ontario alumni Anglican bishops of Toronto 20th-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops 1927 births 2018 deaths German emigrants to Canada {{Canada-Anglican-bishop-stub