Walter Foster Barfoot (17 October 1894 – 28 June 1978) was a

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. Barfoot was educated at

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and

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in 1923. He was a

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at the College of Emmanuel and St. Chad

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and then a

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. He became Bishop of Edmonton in 1941 and

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of All Canada a decade later. Elected

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in 1953.

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, 9 October 1953; pg. 7; Issue 52748; col F, ''News in Brief'' He retired in 1959 and died in 1978.

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1894 births University of Toronto alumni 20th-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops Anglican bishops of Edmonton Anglican bishops of Rupert's Land Metropolitans of Rupert's Land 20th-century Anglican archbishops Primates of the Anglican Church of Canada Holders of a Lambeth degree 1978 deaths {{Canada-Anglican-bishop-stub