William Moorhead

William Henry Moorhead (1882–1962) was the fourth Bishop of Fredericton.^[1]

He was born in Longford in Ireland,^[2] educated at Bishops University and ordained in 1912.^[3] He was a curate at St Peter, Sherbrooke then a chaplain to the CEF until 1919. He then held incumbencies at St Luke's, Grand-Mère, Quebec^[4] and St Paul, Saint John, New Brunswick until 1936 when he became Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Fredericton.^[5]

Three years later he ascended to the episcopate,^[6] retiring in 1956.^[7]

Notes

^ Anglican Bishops of Canada
^ History of Drumlish Parish
^ "The Clergy List" London, Kelly's, 1913
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP,1947
^ World Cat
^ New Brunswick Museum
^ Cathedral Web-site

Church of England titles
Preceded by John Andrew Richardson	Bishop of Fredericton 1939 – 1956	Succeeded by Alexander Henry O'Neil

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John Medley
Tully Kingdon
John Richardson
William Moorhead
Henry O’Neil
Harold Nutter
George Lemmon
Bill Hockin
Claude Miller
David Edwards

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