Michael Bedford-Jones

Michael Hugh Harold Bedford-Jones[1] (1942[1] – April 18, 2021) was the Canadian Anglican Bishop of Trent-Durham, one of the Suffragan Bishops for the Diocese of Toronto.[2]

Bedford-Jones was educated at Trinity College, Toronto[3] and ordained in 1968. After a curacy at Toronto Cathedral he held incumbencies in the city. He was a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Toronto from 1994[4] until his retirement in 2008.[2]

Bishop Michael died from COVID-19-related complications at an Oshawa, Ontario hospital on April 18, 2021, aged 78–79.[5]

References

1. "In Memory of Michael Hugh Harold Bedford-Jones 1942 - 2021". northcuttelliott.com. 2021-04-19. Archived from the original on 2022-10-25. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
2. "Ontario's Anglican Bishops in 2006". anglican.orgfree.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-24. Retrieved 2022-10-25. Rt. Rev. Michael Bedford Jones, Bishop of Trent-Durham, Suffragan of the Diocese of Toronto (retired February 29, 2008)
3. "Trinity College School Record December 1967- August 1968" p19
4. "Bringing completeness [videorecording] : the ordination of Michael Bedford-Jones and Victoria Matthews, Bishops in the Church of God". University of Toronto Libraries. General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada Communications. 1994-02-12. Archived from the original on 2018-08-17.
5. Kidd, Joelle (2021-06-01). "COVID-19 claims retired Bishop Bedford-Jones". Anglican Journal. Archived from the original on 2021-06-01. Retrieved 2022-10-25.