John Arthur William Langstone (August 30, 1913 – February 26, 1994) was a Canadian
Anglican
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bishop in the second half of the 20th century.
Born in
Winnipeg,
Manitoba on August 30, 1913 he was educated at the
University of Toronto and
ordained in 1938. He was a
curate
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at St John Baptist,
Toronto and then a
chaplain
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in the
Canadian Army['' Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76'' London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ] He held
incumbencies at
Port Credit, Ontario, St George's,
Edmonton and St Faith's,
in the same city. He was a
canon at
All Saints Cathedral, Edmonton from 1963 and
Archdeacon
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of
Edmonton until his elevation to the
episcopate as
its diocesan bishop in 1976. He retired in 1979 and died on February 26, 1994.
Notes
1913 births
1994 deaths
20th-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops
Anglican Church of Canada archdeacons
Anglican bishops of Edmonton
Canadian military chaplains
People from Winnipeg
University of Toronto alumni
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