Anderson, John George

Fourth Bishop of Moosonee; Sixth Metropolitan of Ontario.

John George Anderson was born in g Stoneywool, on the Isle of Harray, in the Orkeys, Scotland, in 1866. He was educated in St. Andrews, Manitoba, and would go on to attend St. John's College in Winnipeg, where he obtained a B.A. in 1886 and a B.D. in 1888. He was ordained deacon in 1889 in Portage La Prairie, then priest in 1890 in Winnipeg. He worked as a missionary for a year in Ontario from 1889 to 1890, then was incumbent of St. Peter's Church, Dynevor, Manitoba, from 1890 to 1909. He was consecrated Bishop of Moosonee in 1909, and was granted an honourary D.D. from St. John's College. In 1940, he was made Metropolitan of Ontario, and he passed away three years later, in 1943.