George Frederick Kingston (1889 – 20 November 1950) was aCanadianAnglicanbishop in the 20th century.[1]
Kingston was born inPrescott, Ontario to Richard and Elizabeth Kingston. He was one of ten children.[2] Before attending post-secondary education Kingston taught at a one-room school in eastern Ontario. He was educated atTrinity College, Toronto earning hisBachelor of Arts in 1913, followed by hisMaster of Arts degree. He obtained hisBachelor of Divinity atUniversity of King's College inHalifax, Nova Scotia and was ordained as aDeacon in 1916 in St. Thomas' ChurchBelleville, Ontario.[3] In 1917 he was ordained as a priest at All Saints' Church, Halifax.[2]
He wasProfessor ofPhilosophy atKing's College, Nova Scotia[4] and thenDean of Residence at Trinity College[5] until April 25, 1940 when he was consecrated to theepiscopate as the fifthBishop of Algoma.[6] A stained glass window in St. Luke's Pro-Cathedral inSault Ste. Marie, Ontario was installed as a memorial to Kingston's work in theDiocese of Algoma.[2]
Kingston wastranslated toNova Scotia and Prince Edward Island as bishop in 1944. He subsequently became both Metropolitan (Archbishop of Nova Scotia) and thePrimate of the Anglican Church of Canada in 1947.[7] He died in post on 20 November 1950.[8] Following his death a memorial stained glass window was commissioned forSt. Luke's Cathedral (Sault Ste. Marie) in memory of his service to the Algoma Diocese.[2]
Kingston married Florence Belle Brown in 1919 and went on to have three children with her. Their one son, Temple Kingston went on to be the Principal ofCanterbury College (Windsor, Ontario).[9]
He was an activeFreemason, in Craft Freemasonry,Royal Arch Freemasonry, and theRed Cross of Constantine, and served as Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Canada (Ontario) and Nova Scotia, from 1948 until his death in 1950.[10]
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| Preceded by | Bishop of Algoma 1940 – 1944 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Bishop of Nova Scotia 1944 – 1950 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada 1947 – 1950 | Succeeded by |
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