John Anderson (archbishop of Moosonee)

John George Anderson was a Canadian Anglican bishop in the 20th century.

Anderson was born in Orkney, Saskatchewan, Canada on 23 March 1866. He was educated at St. John's College, University of Manitoba.

Anderson ordained in 1889 after which he was a Church Mission Society (CMS) missionary at Long Sault and then Vicar of St Peter's Manitoba. From 1899 to 1909 he was Rural Dean of Lisgar. In 1909 he became Bishop of Moosonee, a post he held until 1943, for the last three years of which he was also Metropolitan of Ontario. He died on 15 June 1943.

References

Province of Ontario
Who was Who 1897-1990, London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X.
"The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 1064.
The Times, 21 September 1940, p. 6.

Religious titles
Preceded byGeorge Holmes	Bishop of Moosonee 1909–1943	Succeeded byRobert Renison
Preceded byCharles Roper	Metropolitan of Ontario 1940–1943	Succeeded byCharles Seager

v t e Anglican Bishops of Moosonee
John Horden Jervois Newnham George Holmes John Anderson Robert Renison Cooper Robinson James Watton Caleb Lawrence Tom Corston Colin Johnson (as Metropolitan) Anne Germond (as Metropolitan)

v t e Metropolitans of Ontario
Charles Hamilton George Thorneloe David Williams James Sweeny Charles Roper John Anderson Charles Seager John Lyons Robert Renison William Wright James Watton Lewis Garnsworthy John Bothwell Edwin Lackey Percy O'Driscoll Terence Finlay Caleb Lawrence Colin Johnson Anne Germond

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