Ron Shepherd (bishop)
Ronald Francis Shepherd[1] (15 July 1926 – 12 October 2012)[2] was the tenth Anglican Bishop of British Columbia, serving from 1984 to 1991.
Shepherd was educated at the University of British Columbia and trained for the priesthood at King's College London[3] and ordained in 1953.[4] Following a curacy at St Stephen's, Rochester Row he was Rector of St Paul's, Glanford, Ontario and then All Saints, Winnipeg. He was Dean of Edmonton from 1967, and then, from 1969, Dean of Montreal before his election to the episcopate in 1984.
Shepherd's daughter, Mary Shepherd, published an illustrated volume of his letters, entitled “It Happened at the Cathedral.” The book includes his personal letters, his sermons, as well as poetry, all accompanied by her collages and portraits.
References
- ^ Photo
- ^ Obituary
- ^ ‘SHEPHERD, Ronald Francis’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 Accessed 15 Oct 2013
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1959-60 p1056: Oxford, OUP,1959
- 1926 births
- 2012 deaths
- University of British Columbia alumni
- Alumni of the Theological Department of King's College London
- Associates of King's College London
- Anglican Church of Canada deans
- Anglican bishops of British Columbia
- 20th-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops
- Deans of Edmonton
- Deans of Montreal
- Canadian Anglican bishop stubs