William John Burn (28 October 185118 June 1896) was an

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colonial bishop in the late 19th century. Burn was born in Durham, England and educated at St John's College, Cambridge, he was ordained in 1875. His first posts were curacies at

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and St Paul's Church, Jarrow. From 1881 to 1893 he was

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of St Peter's,

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then St Edwin Coniscliffe In 1893 Burn was elevated to the

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as the second bishop of Qu’Appelle. He was consecrated a bishop on 24 March 1893, by Edward White Benson,

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, at

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. He arrived to take up his post Burn arrived in Qu'Appelle,

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(now Saskatchewan) on 20 May of that year, soon moved Bishop's Court from Qu'Appelle to Indian Head some 15 kilometres to the east, and served there until his death. He died at Indian Head and was buried at Qu'Appelle, whose parish church had retained pro-cathedral status. Burn had a positive influence on the Anglican Diocese of Qu'Appelle in his short tenure. He improved the unity of the prairie Anglicans and also put the Diocese on a more secure economic footing.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Burn, John 1851 births 1896 deaths Clergy from Durham, England Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Anglican bishops of Qu'Appelle 19th-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops