William Wallace Davis , DD (10 December 1908 - 29 May 1987 ) was a Canadian

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bishop in the 20th century. Davis was educated at the University of Bishop's College, Lennoxville and ordained in 1932. Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP, 1947 After a curacy at St Matthew,

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he was the incumbent at

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before becoming the

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of Quebec in 1947. He was Dean of Nova Scotia and

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of the Cathedral Church of All Saints, Halifax from 1952 to 1958 when he became

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of Nova Scotia. He was appointed its full diocesan five years later. In 1972 he became

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of Nova Scotia and Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada, retiring in 1975.

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1908 births Bishop's University alumni Anglican Church of Canada archdeacons Anglican Church of Canada deans 20th-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops Anglican bishops of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island Metropolitans of Canada 1987 deaths {{Canada-Anglican-bishop-stub