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Cause of death
  
Natural Causes

Religion
  
Anglican

Residence
  
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA

Name
  
James Allan


Nationality
  
Canadian

Role
  
Bishop

Years active
  
1955–1994

Education
  
University of Manitoba

James Allan (bishop)

Full Name
  
Hugh James Pearson Allan

Born
  
August 7, 1928 (
1928-08-07
)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA

Occupation
  
Anglican Bishop of the Diocese of Keewatin

Died
  
June 26, 2013, Winnipeg, Canada

Books
  
Pooley's Europe: Going Foreign - VFR

Hugh James Pearson Allan (7 August 1928 - 26 June 2013) was a Canadian Anglican bishop.

Allan was educated at the University of Manitoba. He was ordained in 1955 and began his ordained ministry with curacies in Winnipeg, after which he spent four years as a missionary at Peguis First Nation. From 1960 to 1968 he was Rector of St Mark’s Winnipeg and then Rural Dean of Cypress. He was Dean of Qu'Appelle and Rector of St Paul's Cathedral, Regina until his ordination to the episcopate as the 6th Bishop of Keewatin in 1974. He resigned his see in 1991 and was an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island until 1994. He died on June 26, 2013.

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James Allan (bishop) Wikipedia