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Bill Coleman (bishop)

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Bill Coleman
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Born(1917-08-16)16 August 1917
Died21 July 1992(1992-07-21) (aged 74)
Newboro

William Robert Coleman (16 August 1917 – 21 July 1992) was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century.

Coleman was educated at the University of Toronto[1] and ordained in 1943.[2] He began his career with a curacy at the Church of the Epiphany, Sudbury.[3] then its Priest in charge 1943–45. He was then successively Professor of Religious Philosophy and Ethics at Wycliffe College, Dean of Divinity at Bishop's University and Principal of Huron College.[4] In 1961 he became Bishop of Kootenay, a post he held for four years.

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  1. ^ Who was Who 1987-1990: London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  2. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1947-48 Oxford, OUP, 1947
  3. ^ Church web-site
  4. ^ College web-site Archived April 10, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
Religious titles
Preceded by Bishop of Kootenay
1961–1965
Succeeded by