George Frederick Kingston (1889-20 November 1950) was a Canadian Anglican bishop

Bishop

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 in the 20th century.

Kingston was born in Prescott, Ontario

Prescott, Ontario

Prescott is a town of approximately 4,180 people on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada. The Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge, 5 km east of Prescott in Johnstown, connects it with Ogdensburg, New York...

, educated at Trinity College, Toronto

University of Trinity College

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 and ordained in 1916. He was Professor

Professor

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 of Philosophy

Philosophy

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 at King's College, Nova Scotia

University of King's College

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 and then Dean

Dean (religion)

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 of Trinity College until 1940 when he was ordained to the episcopate as the fifth Bishop of Algoma

Anglican Diocese of Algoma

The Diocese of Algoma is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario of the Anglican Church of Canada. It comprises nearly 182,000 square kilometres of the Ontario districts of Algoma , Thunder Bay, Sudbury, Manitoulin, and parts of the districts of Nipissing and Timiskaming...

. He was translated

Translation (ecclesiastical)

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 to Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island

Anglican Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island

The Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada of the Anglican Church of Canada. It encompasses the provinces of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island and has two cathedrals: All Saints' in Halifax and St. Peter's in Charlottetown...

 in 1944 he became the Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada

Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada

The Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada is elected by the General Synod of the Church from among a list of five bishops nominated by the House of Bishops...

in 1947. He died in post on 20 November 1950.