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John Farthing (bishop)

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The Right Reverend John Farthing in 1924

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]

Early life and education

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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

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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

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He married Mary Kemp. They had two sons, John Farthing, who became a philosopher.[7] and Hugh Cragg Farthing, a lawyer who followed a political and judicial career in Alberta

Arms

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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

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References

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  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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Religious titles
Preceded by Bishop of Montreal
1909–1939
Succeeded by