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William Gordon Legge (January 20, 1913 – January 13, 1999) was an
Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...
priest and bishop in
Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...
,
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. He was the first bishop of the
Diocese of Western Newfoundland The Anglican Diocese of Western Newfoundland is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada of the Anglican Church of Canada. It comprises 78 congregations grouped in 32 parishes in Newfoundland and Labrador, with approximately 24,000 souls ...
, serving from 1976 to 1978. He was ordained as a priest in 1938. After a
curacy A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy w ...
at Channel he held incumbencies at Botwood and Bell Island. He was
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of Avalon from 1955 to 1968 when he became a suffragan bishop.'' Who was Who 1897-2007'', London,
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, 2007


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1913 births 1999 deaths Anglican bishops of Newfoundland Anglican bishops of Western Newfoundland 20th-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops {{Canada-Anglican-bishop-stub