John Almond (Archdeacon of Montreal)

John Macpherson Almond, CMG CBE (1 August 1871 – 17 September 1939) was an Anglican priest in Canada in the first half of the 20th century.[1]

Born in Shigawake, Quebec, Almond was educated at Bishop's University, Lennoxville. He was ordained deacon in 1896; and priest in 1897.[2] He was an SPG missionary in Labrador then a curate at Montreal Cathedral. During the Second Boer War he served as a chaplain with the Royal Canadian Regiment of Infantry. After further missionary work at Grand-Mère he became the incumbent at Trinity, Montreal.[3] He was Archdeacon of Montreal from 1932 until his death in Montreal in 1939.

References

  1. ↑ Biography Canada
  2. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929 p20 London, OUP, 1929
  3. ↑ Church wb site



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