The Rt Rev Edward Arthur Dunn was an eminent Anglican Bishop

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 in the mid 20th century.

Born into an ecclesiastical family – his father was the Rt Revd Andrew Hunter Dunn

Andrew Hunter Dunn

The Rt Revd Andrew Hunter Dunn DD was an eminent Anglican priest, the fifth Bishop of Quebec.Dunn was born in Saffron Walden. Educated at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, he graduated BA as 29th Wrangler in 1863. Ordained in 1864, his first post was a curacy at St Mark’s, Notting Hill...

, sometime Bishop of Quebec

Anglican Diocese of Quebec

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 – on 8 August 1870, he was educated at Marlborough

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 and Pembroke College, Cambridge

Pembroke College, Cambridge

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. Ordained in 1895 he was successively Curate

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 then Rector

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 of St Paul’s Quebec

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, Professor

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 of Pastoral Theology

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 at Bishop's University, Lennoxville

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 and finally (before his elevation to the Episcopate) Rural Dean

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 of Gaspe

Gaspé, Quebec

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 . Appointed to the post of Bishop of Belize

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 in 1917 he was later elected Archbishop of the West Indies

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. After retiring he continued to take an active part in the life of his adopted country

Belize

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until his death on 11 January 1955.