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The [[Right Reverend|Rt Rev]] ''' Frederick Courtney''' (1837 – 1918) was an eminent [[Anglican]] [[priest]], the fifth [[Anglican Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island|Bishop of Nova Scotia]].<ref>[[The Times]], Thursday, Feb 02, 1888; pg. 5; Issue 32298; col F ''New Bishop of Nova Scotia''</ref> <br>Born into an ecclesiastical family,<ref>His father was the Rev S. Courtney of Charles Chapel, [[Plymouth]] > [[Who's Who|“Who was Who”]]1897-1990 London, [[A & C Black]], 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X</ref> he was educated at [[King's College London]] and ordained in 1864.<ref>"The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889</ref> His first post was a [[Curate|curacy]] at Hadlow, [[Kent]] after which he was the [[Vicar|incumbent]] of Charles’s Chapel, Plymouth until 1870 and then St Jude’s, Glasgow until 1876 when he emigrated to [[North America]]. He was an [[Curate|Assistant]] at St Thomas’s, [[New York]] until 1880 then [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|Rector]] of St James’s, Chicago. His last post before elevation to the [[Episcopate]]<ref>[http://bishop.blogsome.com/category/nova-scotia/ Anglican Bishops of Canada]</ref> was at St Paul’s, Boston.<br> |
The [[Right Reverend|Rt Rev]] ''' Frederick Courtney''' (1837 – 1918) was an eminent [[Anglican]] [[priest]], the fifth [[Anglican Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island|Bishop of Nova Scotia]].<ref>[[The Times]], Thursday, Feb 02, 1888; pg. 5; Issue 32298; col F ''New Bishop of Nova Scotia''</ref> <br>Born into an ecclesiastical family,<ref>His father was the Rev S. Courtney of Charles Chapel, [[Plymouth]] > [[Who's Who|“Who was Who”]]1897-1990 London, [[A & C Black]], 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X</ref> he was educated at [[King's College London]] and ordained in 1864.<ref>"The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889</ref> His first post was a [[Curate|curacy]] at Hadlow, [[Kent]] after which he was the [[Vicar|incumbent]] of Charles’s Chapel, Plymouth until 1870 and then St Jude’s, Glasgow until 1876 when he emigrated to [[North America]]. He was an [[Curate|Assistant]] at St Thomas’s, [[New York]] until 1880 then [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|Rector]] of St James’s, Chicago. His last post before elevation to the [[Episcopate]]<ref>[http://bishop.blogsome.com/category/nova-scotia/ Anglican Bishops of Canada]</ref> was at St Paul’s, Boston.<br> |
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The Rt Rev Frederick Courtney (1837 – 1918) was an eminent Anglican priest, the fifth Bishop of Nova Scotia.[1]
Born into an ecclesiastical family,[2] he was educated at King's College London and ordained in 1864.[3] His first post was a curacy at Hadlow, Kent after which he was the incumbent of Charles’s Chapel, Plymouth until 1870 and then St Jude’s, Glasgow until 1876 when he emigrated to North America. He was an Assistant at St Thomas’s, New York until 1880 then Rector of St James’s, Chicago. His last post before elevation to the Episcopate[4] was at St Paul’s, Boston.
After he retired as Bishop of Nova Scotia in 1904, he returned to New York to serve as Rector of St. James' Church on Madison Avenue, a position from which he retired in 1915. He died in New York on 29 December 1918.[5]
Notes
- ^ The Times, Thursday, Feb 02, 1888; pg. 5; Issue 32298; col F New Bishop of Nova Scotia
- ^ His father was the Rev S. Courtney of Charles Chapel, Plymouth > “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
- ^ Anglican Bishops of Canada
- ^ NY Times
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