John Farthing (bishop)

John Cragg Farthing (13 December 1861 – 6 May 1947) was the Anglican Bishop of Montreal for 30 years during the first half of the twentieth century.[1]

The Right Reverend John Farthing in 1924

Early life and education

John Cragg Farthing was born in Toronto to an upper-class Anglican family. He had a sister Ann Cragg Farthing. He was educated at Caius College, Cambridge, England.[2] Ann Farthing became an Anglican missionary, working in the United States territory of Alaska for years during the early 20th century in the Yukon interior.

Clergyman

After Farthing's return to Canada from Cambridge, he was ordained and embarked on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Woodstock, Ontario, swiftly followed by elevation to vicar within the same parish.[3]

Promotion followed rapidly and he was, successively, called as a Canon of St Paul's Cathedral, London, Ontario, and Dean of Ontario. He left Ontario when called in 1909 as Bishop of Montreal, serving until 1939.[4] A keen observer of Montreal life,[5] he was a moderate prelate.[6]

Marriage and family

He married Mary Kemp. They had one child, a son John Farthing, who became a philosopher.[7]

Arms
Coat of arms of John Farthing
Crest
A demi-lion Azure charged on the shoulder with a cross patté and holding a mullet Or.
Escutcheon
Azure on a fess engrailed Or between five mullets Argent, three in chief and two in base, three cross crosslets Azure.
Motto
Immer Da [8]

See also

References
  1. List of Anglican Bishops of Montreal
  2. "Farthing, John Cragg (FRTN882JC)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 1049.
  4. "Long-serving Bishop of Montreal to retire", The Times, Sep 20, 1938; pg. 11; Issue 48104
  5. BooksAboutMontreal.html Recollections of JCF's life in Montreal
  6. "Views on ecumenical union", University of Toronto
  7. 'Who was Who' 1897-1990, London: A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  8. "John Cragg FARTHING". Canadian Heraldic Authority. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
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