Edward Dunn

Who was Edward Dunn?

The Rt Rev Edward Arthur Dunn was an eminent Anglican Bishop in the mid-20th century.

Born into an ecclesiastical family – his father was the Rt Revd Andrew Hunter Dunn, sometime Bishop of Quebec – on 8 August 1870, he was educated at Marlborough and Pembroke College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1895 he was successively Curate then Rector of St Paul's Quebec, Professor of Pastoral Theology at Bishop's University, Lennoxville and finally Rural Dean of Gaspe . Appointed to the post of Bishop of Belize in 1917 he was later elected Archbishop of the West Indies. After retiring he continued to take an active part in the life of his adopted country until his death on 11 January 1955.