George Colborne Lemmon (born 20 March 1932) was the seventh

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. After an earlier career as a Linotype operator he studied for a

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(BA) at the

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. He was

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform va ...

in 1963 Crockford's clerical directory London, Church House 1975 and began his career at

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. He later held incumbencies at

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, Renforth, Sackville and Christ Church,

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1932 births University of New Brunswick alumni Anglican bishops of Fredericton 20th-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops Living people {{Canada-Anglican-bishop-stub