John Lewis (archbishop of Ontario)

John Travers Lewis (June 20, 1825 May 6, 1901) was a Church of England clergyman, archbishop, and author. He was the Archbishop of Ontario, third Metropolitan of (Eastern) Canada, and the first Bishop of Ontario (Kingston).

The Most Reverend

John Travers Lewis
Bishop of Ontario
DioceseOntario
Installed1861
Term ended1901
PredecessorInaugural appointment
SuccessorWilliam Lennox Mills
Personal details
Born(1825-06-20)June 20, 1825
Garrycloyne Castle, near Cork (Republic of Ireland)
DiedMay 6, 1901(1901-05-06) (aged 75)
at sea en route to England

John Travers Lewis was born at Garrycloyne Castle, near Cork (Republic of Ireland). He was the eldest son of the Reverend John Lewis of Shandon and Rebecca Olivia Lawless, who themselves were the heirs and the nephew of Colonel John Travers, esquire of Cork and the niece of the colonel's wife Rebecca Pyne, respectively.

Lewis studied at Trinity College, Dublin. He was made a Deacon in 1848 and a priest in 1849. He served as priest at Newtownbutler in County Fermanagh, before emigrating to Canada in 1849 to be with his mother, who emigrated the year earlier. He was posted to Hawkesbury and later in 1854 to Brockville. In 1861, he was appointed the first Bishop of Ontario (Kingston). In 1893, he became metropolitan of the ecclesiastical province of Canada and then Archbishop of Ontario. He resigned in 1900.

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