John Barry Curtis is a retired Anglican bishop

Bishop

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 in Canada

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Born on 19 June 1933, he was educated at Trinity College, Toronto and ordained after a period of study at Chichester

Chichester

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 Theological College in 1959. He began his ordained ministry as a curate

Curate

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 in Pembroke, Ontario

Pembroke, Ontario

Pembroke is a city in the province of Ontario, Canada, at the confluence of the Muskrat River and the Ottawa River in the Ottawa Valley...

. After this he held incumbencies

Vicar

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  in Kanata, Ontario

Kanata, Ontario

Situated in the Ottawa Valley, Kanata is located about west-southwest of Downtown Ottawa along Highway 417 at a latitude of 45°18' North and a longitude of 75°55' West, with an area of . Its northern end is just to the west of the Ottawa River....

, Buckingham, Quebec

Buckingham, Quebec

Buckingham was a city located in the Outaouais region of the province of Quebec. Since January 1, 2002, it has been part of the amalgamated city of Gatineau which merged five former municipalities, including Masson-Angers, Buckingham, Hull, Aylmer and Gatineau, into a single entity...

, Westboro, Ottawa and Elbow Park, Calgary. He became Bishop of Calgary

Anglican Diocese of Calgary

The Anglican Diocese of Calgary is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land of the Anglican Church of Canada, located in the southern part of the civil province of Alberta. It was established in 1888...

 and Metropolitan of Rupert’s Land

Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land

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in 1994, retiring from both posts in 1999.