HacKenley, John

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HacKenley, John

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        1877 - 1943

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        Coadjutor Bishop of Nova Scotia; Seventh Bishop of Nova Scotia; Tenth Metropolitan of Canada.

        John HacKenley was born in Colne, England, in 1877, and educated at Rothesay Collegiate School in New Brunswick, Canada. He obtained a B.A. from the University of King's College in Windsor, Nova Scotia in 1904, and was ordained deacon in Halifax that same year. He was curate of Digby Neck, Nova Scotia from 1904 to 1905, and ordained priest in 1905. From there, he was rector of Granville (1905 - 1908); St. Peter's, St. Margaret's Bay (1908 - 1916); LaHave (1916 - 1922); and St. John the Baptist in North Sydney (1922 - 1924). He was consecrated Bishop (Coadjutor) in 1925, and received a D.D. (jure dignitatis) from the University of King's College, which had by that point moved to Halifax. He became Bishop in 1934, then Metropolitan of Canada and Archbishop of Nova Scotia in 1939. He passed away in 1943.

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