Donald Ben Marsh (24 November 1903 – 5 February 1973) was Bishop of The Arctic from 1950 to 1973. Educated at the

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and

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in 1929, he began his career as a missionary at Eskimo Point. Later he was the

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at All Saints Cathedral, Aklavik then

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. He was the second Bishop of The Arctic and became at some point a

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(DD).

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1903 births University of Saskatchewan alumni Anglican archdeacons in North America Anglican bishops of The Arctic 20th-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops 1973 deaths {{Canada-Anglican-bishop-stub