Sullivan, Edward

Second Bishop of Algoma.

Edward Sullivan was born in Lurgan, Ireland in 1832, and received a B.A. from Trinity College Dublin in 1853, then an M.A. in 1858. He was ordained deacon that same year in London, Ontario, then priest in 1859. He was curate of St. George's Church, London Township, Ontario from 1858 to 1862. He married Mary Hutchinson in 1860, and was curate of St. George's Church in MOntreal from 1862 to 1868. In 1866, he married his second wife, Franis Mary Renaud, and the couple would go on to have five children. From 1868 to 1879, he was Rector of Trinity Church in Chicago, Illinois. He also received an honourary D.D. from the University of Chicago in 1873. He returned to Canada in 1879, becoming the Rector of St. George's Church, Montreal, and held this position until 1882, when he was consecrated Bishop of Algoma. He received an honourary D.C.L. from the University of Trinity College, Toronto. In 1883, he was elected to the See of Huron, but declined the election, and in 1896, he resigned the See of Algoma, becoming rector of Cathedral Church of St. James in Toronto. He passed away in 1899 in Toronto.