He retired to Southampton, Ontario, and died on 14 August 1995, in Walkerton, Ontario, after some years of battling Alzheimers. He is buried in Southampton Cemetery,[5] overlooking the Saugeen River where he used to fish.
james, watton, this, article, about, canadian, bishop, english, footballer, watton, james, augustus, watton, 1915, 1995, canadian, anglican, bishop, second, half, 20th, century, life, career, editwatton, born, october, 1915, educated, university, western, onta. This article is about the Canadian bishop For the English footballer see Jim Watton James Augustus Watton 1915 1995 was a Canadian Anglican bishop in the second half of the 20th century 1 Life and career editWatton was born on 23 October 1915 2 educated at the University of Western Ontario and ordained in 1939 3 He held curacies at Lucknow Ontario and Merlin after which he was the incumbent of Plympton Wyoming After time at Geraldton Kirkland Lake 4 and Timmins he became Dean of Moosonee in 1955 In 1957 he became Rector of St John s Port Hope and in 1958 of St Michael and All Angels Toronto In 1963 he became the Bishop of Moosonee a position he held until 1979 for the last five years of which he was also Metropolitan of Ontario He retired to Southampton Ontario and died on 14 August 1995 in Walkerton Ontario after some years of battling Alzheimers He is buried in Southampton Cemetery 5 overlooking the Saugeen River where he used to fish References edit Province of Ontario Who was Who 1897 2007 London A amp C Black 2007 ISBN 978 0 19 954087 7 Crockford s Clerical Directory1940 41 Oxford OUP 1941 Diocese of Algoma Grave Site of James Augustus Watton 1915 1995 BillionGraves Retrieved 5 September 2016 nbsp Christianity portalReligious titlesPreceded byCuthbert Cooper Robinson Bishop of Moosonee1963 1979 Succeeded byCaleb James LawrencePreceded byJohn Charles Roper Metropolitan of Ontario1974 1979 Succeeded byLewis Samuel Garnsworthy nbsp This article about a Canadian Anglican bishop is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title James Watton amp oldid 1118371483, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,