Lyons, John

Fifth Bishop of Ontario; Eighth Metropolitan of Ontario.

John Lyons was born in Leeds County, Ontario in 1878. He obtained a B.A. from the University of Trinity College, Toronto in 1906, and an M.A. in 1907. He was ordained deacon that same year, and priest in 1908. From 1907 to 1910, he was a missionary to North Frontenac, then served as Rector of Roslin, Ontario until 1915; of Burritt's Rapids, Ontario until 1917; and of Elizabethtown, Ontario until 1923. He became the Rural Dean of Leeds from 1920 to 1924, and was Rector of Picton, Ontario from 1923 to 1927. He became the Vicar of St. Thomas' Church in Belleville, Ontario in 1927, where he stayed until he was made Archdeacon of Frontenac and Rector of Precott, Ontario in 1931. He was consecrated Bishop of Ontario in 1932, and given an honourary D.D. from the University of Trinity College. In 1949, he became Metropolitan of Ontario. He resigned in 1952, and passed away in 1958.