Edward Dunn (bishop)

Edward Arthur Dunn (8 August 1868 – 11 January 1955) was an eminent Anglican bishop in the mid-20th century.^[1]

Biography

Born into an ecclesiastical family – his father was Andrew Hunter Dunn, at sometime the Bishop of Quebec.^[2] On 8 August, 1868, he was educated at the Marlborough and Pembroke College, Cambridge.^[3]^[4] Ordained in 1895, he was successively the Curate and then the Rector of St Paul's Quebec,^[5]^{[failed verification]} Professor of Pastoral Theology at the Bishop's University, Lennoxville, and finally (before his elevation to the episcopate) the Rural Dean of Gaspe.^[6] Appointed to the post of Bishop of British Honduras in 1916, he was later elected the Archbishop of the West Indies.^[7] After retiring, he continued to take an active part in the life of his adopted country^[8] until his death on 11 January, 1955.

^ The Times, Wednesday, Jan 12, 1955; pg. 10; Issue 53137; col E "Obituary - Archbishop E. A. Dunn"
^ "Dunn, Edward Arthur". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 28 March 2016. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Dunn, Edward Arthur (DN889EA)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ The Times, Friday, Feb 12, 1897; pg. 8; Issue 35125; col B "University Intelligence. Cambridge, Feb. 11"
^ St. Paul's Anglican Church
^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 731.
^ "New Archbishop Of West Indies (Official Appointments and Notices)" The Times Monday, Dec 7, 1936; pg. 13; Issue 47551; col B
^ Devises world's narrowest street Archived February 7, 2005, at the Wayback Machine

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Walter Farrar	Bishop of British Honduras 1916–1943	Succeeded by James Hughes
Preceded by Edward Hutson	Archbishop of the West Indies 1936–1943	Succeeded by Arthur Anstey

v t e Bishops of British Honduras and of Belize
British Honduras	William Tozer Enos Nuttall Henry Holme George Ormsby Herbert Bury Walter Farrar Edward Dunn James Hughes Douglas Wilson Gerald Brooks Benjamin Vaughan Eldon Sylvester
Belize	Eldon Sylvester Sylvester Romero Palma Philip Wright

v t e Primates and Archbishops of the West Indies
William Austin Enos Nuttall Edward Parry Edward Hutson Edward Dunn Arthur Anstey William Hardie Alan Knight Cuthbert Woodroffe Orland Lindsay Drexel Gomez John Holder Howard Gregory

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