Philip Carrington
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The Most Rev
Most Reverend
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 Philip Carrington (6 July 1892 - 3 October 1975) was an eminent Anglican  priest
Priest
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 and author, the seventh
Bishop of Quebec
Anglican Diocese of Quebec
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 and the eleventh Metropolitan of Canada
Ecclesiastical Province of Canada
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.
Born into an ecclesiastical family and educated at Christ's College, Canterbury
Christ's College, Canterbury
Christ's College, Christchurch is an independent, Anglican, secondary, day and boarding school for boys, located in the central city of Christchurch, New Zealand....

 and the University of Canterbury
University of Canterbury
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, he was ordained in 1919. At first he specialised in work with the Boy Scout
Boy Scout
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s and was then Rector
Rector
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 of Lincoln, New Zealand
Lincoln, New Zealand
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. After this he was Warden
Warden (college)
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 of St Barnabas Theological College, North Adelaide
North Adelaide
North Adelaide is a predominantly residential precinct of the City of Adelaide in South Australia, situated north of the River Torrens and within the Adelaide Park Lands.-History:...

 then dean
Dean (religion)
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 of Divinity
Divinity (academic discipline)
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 at Bishop’s University, Lennoxville
Bishop's University
Bishop's University is a predominantly undergraduate university in Lennoxville, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Bishop's is one of three universities in the province of Quebec that teach primarily in the English language...

. In 1935 he was elevated to the Episcopate and retired in 1960.
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