John Farthing (bishop)
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John Cragg Farthing (13 December 1861 – 6 May 1947) was the Anglican Bishop of Montreal for 30 years during the first half of the twentieth century.[1]
Early life and education[edit]
John Cragg Farthing was born in Toronto to an upper-class Anglican family. He had a sister Ann Cragg Farthing. He was educated at Caius College, Cambridge, England.[2] Ann Farthing became an Anglican missionary, working in the United States territory of Alaska for years during the early 20th century in the Yukon interior.
Clergyman[edit]
After Farthing's return to Canada from Cambridge, he was ordained and embarked on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Woodstock, Ontario, swiftly followed by elevation to vicar within the same parish.[3]
Promotion followed rapidly and he was, successively, called as a Canon of St Paul's Cathedral, London, Ontario, and Dean of Ontario. He left Ontario when called in 1909 as Bishop of Montreal, serving until 1939.[4] A keen observer of Montreal life,[5] he was a moderate prelate.[6]
Marriage and family[edit]
He married Mary Kemp. They had one child, a son John Farthing, who became a philosopher.[7]
Arms[edit]
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ List of Anglican Bishops of Montreal
- ^ "Farthing, John Cragg (FRTN882JC)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 1049.
- ^ "Long-serving Bishop of Montreal to retire", The Times, Sep 20, 1938; pg. 11; Issue 48104
- ^ BooksAboutMontreal.html Recollections of JCF's life in Montreal
- ^ "Views on ecumenical union", University of Toronto
- '^ Who was Who' 1897-1990, London: A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ^ "John Cragg FARTHING". Canadian Heraldic Authority. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
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