John Norton (priest)

John George Norton (1840–1920) was an Anglican priest who held senior leadership positions in Canada during the first quarter of the 20th century.[1]

Norton was born in Arvagh; and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was ordained deacon in 1865; and priest in 1866. He served curacies in Kilmacrenan and Mullaghbrack; and incumbencies in Durham and Montreal. He was Archdeacon of St Andrews, PQ from 1900 to 1902; a Canon of Montreal from 1893 to 1902; and Archdeacon of Montreal from 1902 until his death in October 1920.[2]

References

1. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 p1056 London, Horace Cox, 1908
2. "Norton, John George". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2016 (February 2018online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 1 February 2018. (subscription or UK public library membership required)