Arthur Burgett
Arthur Edward Burgett[1] (1869 – 13 December 1942) was an Anglican bishop serving Alberta, Canada, in the first half of the 20th century.[2]
Burgett was born in Calcutta[3] and educated at Radley and Trinity Hall, Cambridge,[4][5] and ordained after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1898.[6]
After eight years in the Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment he served a curacy in Tottenham. Moving to Canada he was a missionary within the Anglican Diocese of Quebec and Chaplain to the Bishop[7] 1914. He was Rector of St Paul's, Quebec, and then Archdeacon of Assiniboia from 1918 to 1924[8] and of Edmonton North until his appointment to the episcopate as the second Bishop of Edmonton.
Burgett was made a deacon in 1897[3] and ordained a priest in Lent 1898 – both times by Mandell Creighton, Bishop of London, at St Paul's Cathedral;[9] He was consecrated a bishop on 13 January 1932 by Isaac Stringer, Archbishop of Rupert's Land, at All Saints' Pro-Cathedral, Edmonton, and installed there at the same service.[3]
References
- ^ NPG details
- ^ "Diocese of Edmonton Profile" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 18 May 2011.
- ^ a b c "Enthronement of the Bishop of Edmonton". Church Times. No. 3602. 5 February 1932. p. 157. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 18 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "Burgett, Arthur Edward (BRGT889AE)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ^ Ordinations. London The Times Tuesday, 8 March 1898; p. 4; Issue 35458; col C
- ^ "The Clergy List" London, Kellys,1913
- ^ Rootsweb
- ^ "The Lent Ordinations". Church Times. No. 1833. 11 March 1898. p. 263. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 18 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
External links
- Works by Arthur Edward Burgett at Project Gutenberg
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