Dewdney, Alfred Daniel Alexander

Second Bishop of Keewatin.

Alfred Daniel Alexander Dewdney was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1863. He was ordained deacon in 1886, then priest in 1887. He was the incumbent of Trinity Church in Port Burwell, Ontario, as well as at St. Luke's Church in Vienna, Ontario from 1886 to 1888, then moved to Trinity Church in Durham from 1888 to 1890. He then served as a Rector in various churches from 1890 to 1911, as well as examining chaplain to the Bishop of Saskatchewan, and a lecturer in apologetics at Emmanuel College in Prince Albert until 1921. He received a B.A. from Queen's University in 1910, as well as an honourary D.D. from Emmanuel College at the University of Saskatchewan in 1921, and one from Wycliffe College in 1922. He was consecrated Bishop of Keewatin in 1921, a position he held until 1938. He passed away in 1945.