Harry Richard Ragg (6 January 1889 - 15 August 1967) was the Anglican Bishop of Calagary in the mid 20th century. Ragg was born and educated at Hereford Cathedral School and

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, where he ran in the 100 meters race against

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for three years in succession. He was

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in 1912. His first ministry position was as a

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at St Paul's Southport. Emigrating to

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, he held incumbencies at Fruitvale,

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and Chilliwack. From 1925 to 1930 he was the

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of All Saints'

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and then the

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until his ordination to the

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in 1943. Ragg's son,

Theodore David Butler Ragg Theodore David Butler Ragg (23 November 1919 – 1 July 2002) was the Bishop of Huron in the last third of the 20th century. Born into an ecclesiastical family and educated the University of Manitoba, he was ordained in 1950. After a curacy at St ...

, was the Bishop of Huron from 1974 to 1984. "Who was Who" 1897-2007 London,

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, 2007

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1889 births People educated at Hereford Cathedral School Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Anglican Church of Canada deans 20th-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops Anglican bishops of Calgary 1967 deaths {{Canada-Anglican-bishop-stub