Maurice Scollard Baldwin (21 June 1836 – 19 October 1904) was a

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from

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, Upper Canada. Baldwin was the son of John Spread Baldwin of Toronto. His parents were from influential families; he was the grandson of

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and the cousin of

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. He attended

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and

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. He was ordained a Deacon in 1860 and Priest in 1861. In 1865 he moved to Montreal as Incumbent of St. Luke's Church and in 1870 became assistant Rector of Christ Church Anglican Cathedral in Montreal and a Canon in 1871. On the death of the Very Rev. Dean Bethune in 1871, he was appointed to succeed him as Rector, and in 1879 made

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. Noted for his evangelism and skillful oratory, he was elected the third

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in 1883, succeeding

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. He was less passionate about administrative matters than spiritual ones, but delegated such matters effectively. Under his leadership, the diocese adopted parliamentary rules for its

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, balanced its budget, and first broke off, then restored, its association with

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References

Canadian Dictionary of Biography online
1836 births 1904 deaths University of Toronto alumni Trinity College (Canada) alumni 20th-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops Deans of Montreal Anglican bishops of Huron Burials at St. James Cemetery, Toronto {{Canada-Anglican-bishop-stub