Walter Foster Barfoot (17 October 1894 – 28 June 1978) was a Canadian Anglican bishop.
Barfoot was educated at Wycliffe College and ordained in 1923. He was a tutor at the College of Emmanuel and St. Chad Saskatoon and then a professor at St John's College, Winnipeg. He became Bishop of Edmonton in 1941 and Primate of All Canada a decade later. Elected Metropolitan of Rupert's Land in 1953. He retired in 1959 and died in 1978.
References
- Primates of the Anglican Church of Canada
- Manitoba Historical Society
- "Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP, 1947
- The Times, 9 October 1953; pg. 7; Issue 52748; col F, News in Brief
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Preceded byArthur Burgett | Bishop of Edmonton, Canada 1941–1953 |
Succeeded byHoward Clark |
Preceded byLouis Sherman | Metropolitan of Rupert's Land 1951–1959 | |
Preceded byFrederick Kingston | Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada 1951–1959 |
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