John Reginald Sperry (2 May 1924 – 11 February 2012) was Bishop of The Arctic from 1974 to 1990. Born on 2 May 1924, educated at

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and

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in 1951, he began his career at St Andrew's Mission in the

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. Later he was a canon at All Saints’ Cathedral, Aklavik and then

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of Coppermine now Kugluktuk. From 1969 to 1973 he was

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of Fort Smith when he was elevated to the

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. He served as a Canadian Rangers officer.P. Whitney Lackenbaeur, The Canadian Rangers: A Living History

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1924 births 2012 deaths University of King's College alumni Anglican archdeacons in North America Anglican bishops of The Arctic 20th-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops People from Kugluktuk Members of the Order of Canada People from Fort Smith, Northwest Territories {{Canada-Anglican-bishop-stub