Hugh Vernon Stiff (1916–1995) was a Canadian

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in the 20th century.

Life and career

Stiff was born on 15 September 1916 and educated at the

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. He was a parishioner of the Church of St. Mary Magdalene in

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. He was ordained in 1953 and began his ordained ministry as

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. After this, he was Rector of All Saints'

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, then

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. In 1969, he became Bishop of Keewatin. In 1974, he became

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and Rector of St. James Cathedral, until his retirement in 1986. Stiff died on 24 September 1995.

References

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