George Thorneloe

George Thorneloe (4 October 1848 – 3 August 1935) was a Canadian Anglican bishop at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th.[1]

George Thorneloe
Bishop of Algoma, Metropolitan of Ontario, Archbishop of Algoma
The Right Reverend George Thorneloe in c.1924
Church	Anglican Church of Canada
Metropolis	Ontario
Diocese	Diocese of Algoma
In office	1897–1927
Predecessor	Edward Sullivan
Successor	Rocksborough Smith
Orders
Ordination	1875 by Bishop Williams
Personal details
Born	October 4, 1848 Coventry, England
Died	August 3, 1935 (aged 86) Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Buried	Malvern Cemetery, Lennoxville, Quebec
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglicanism
Spouse	Mary Fuller
Children	Walter Thorneloe, Katharine Isobel Louise Thorneloe

Biography

Thorneloe was born in Coventry, England on October 4, 1848. He emigrated to Canada alongside his parents in 1858. His father was a Wesleyan Methodist minister, who was later ordained in the Anglican Church.[2] In 1875 Thorneloe married Marry Fuller, who we went on to have two children with.[2]

Throneloe was educated at Bishop's College, Lennoxville where he graduated with a First Class in Classics and won the Prince of Wales Medal.[3] He was ordained in 1874 by Bishop Williams.[4] He was a missionary at Stanstead in Quebec Province until 1885 when he became Rector of St Peter's Sherbrooke.[5] While at St. Peter's Thorneloe was made a canon of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Quebec City. He was almost elected as Bishop of Quebec and Bishop of the Diocese of New Westminster, British Columbia.[2]

In 1896 he was elected as the third Bishop of Algoma. He was consecrated as Bishop on January 6, 1897 in the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Quebec City by Bishop Bond of Montreal.[6] In 1915 he also became Metropolitan of Ontario and Archbishop of Algoma.[7] Throneloe held is positions as Bishop and Metropolitan until he resigned in 1927 due to ill health.[8]

Thorneloe died on 3 August 1935.[9] A memorial service was held for him at St. Luke's Anglican Pro-Cathedral in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. He was buried in Malvern Cemetery, Lennoxville, Quebec.[10] A limestone baptismal font in the bapitistry of St. Luke's Cathedral memorializes the work of Thorneloe.[11]

Awards and honors

Thorneloe's work was recognized in numerous ways including:

• Bishop's University bestowed an honorary Doctorate of Divinity degree on him in 1896.[10]
• Trinity College, Toronto honored Thorneloe with a Degree honoris causa in 1898.[1]
• In 1920 he received a second honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from the University of Oxford[10]
• Thorneloe University an affiliated college at Laurentian University in Greater Sudbury is named after him.[12]
• A village in rural Ontario is named after him.[13]

External links

• Archbishop George Thorneloe fonds, Anglican Diocese of Algoma Archives at Algoma University

References

1. DioceseofAlgoma (history)
2. Algoma 100 1873-1973: A Documentary Commemorating the Centennial of the Diocese of Algoma. Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario: Diocese of Algoma. 1973. p. 47.
3. Project Canterbury
4. "Who was Who"1897-1990, London, A & C Black, 1991, ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
5. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory", London, Hamilton & Co 1889
6. The Times, 10 December 1896, p9, "Ecclesiastical Intelligence"
7. Anglican bishops of Canada
8. The Times, 24 September 1926, p12, "Canadian Archbishop Resigns"
9. "Obituary: Dr. George Thorneloe Former Metropolitan Of Ontario", The Times, 6 August 1935, p12
10. "Archbishop George Thorneloe fonds". Engracia De Jesus Matias Archives and Special Collections. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
11. Algoma 100 1873-1973: A Documentary Commemorating the Centennial of the Diocese of Algoma. Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario: Diocese of Algoma. 1973. p. 60.
12. "Our Campus in the 1960s". Laurentian University. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
13. Rural Routes