John Anderson

Who was John Anderson?

John Ogle Anderson was an Anglican bishop in the mid 20th century.

Anderson was born in Manitoba and educated at St. John's College, Winnipeg. Ordained in 1937, after curacies at St Anne’s, Wandsworth and All Saints’ Winnipeg he was a chaplain during World War II and then rector of St Aidan’s Winnipeg. From 1946 to 1949 he was Dean of Winnipeg and then of Ottawa before his ordination to the episcopate as suffragan bishop of Rupert's Land. In 1968 he was translated to British Columbia but died the following year.