Walter Barfoot

Male, Deceased Person

1893 – 1978

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Who was Walter Barfoot?

Walter Foster Barfoot was a Canadian Anglican bishop.

Barfoot was educated at the University of Toronto and ordained in 1923. He was a tutor at the College of Emmanuel and St. Chad Saskatoon and then a professor at St. John’s College, Winnipeg. He became Bishop of Edmonton in 1941 and Primate of All Canada a decade later. Elected Metropolitan of Rupert’s Land in 1953. He retired in 1960 and died in 1978.

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Born
Oct 17, 1893
Education
  • University of Toronto
Died
Jun 28, 1978

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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