George Thorneloe

George Thorneloe (4 October 1848 – 3 August 1935) was a Canadian Anglican bishop at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th.

Biography Thorneloe was born in Coventry, England on October 4, 1848. He emigrated to Canada alongside his parents in 1858. His father was a Wesleyan Methodist minister, who was later ordained in the Anglican Church. In 1875 Thorneloe married Mary Fuller, whom he had two children with. He was ordained in 1874 by Bishop Williams. He was a missionary at Stanstead in Quebec Province until 1885 when he became Rector of St Peter's Sherbrooke. While at St. Peter's Thorneloe was made a canon of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Quebec City. He was almost elected as Bishop of Quebec and Bishop of the Diocese of New Westminster, British Columbia. In 1915 he also became Metropolitan of Ontario and Archbishop of Algoma. Thorneloe held is positions as Bishop and Metropolitan until he resigned in 1927 due to ill health.

Thorneloe died on 3 August 1935. A memorial service was held for him at St. Luke's Anglican Pro-Cathedral in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. He was buried in Malvern Cemetery, Lennoxville, Quebec.

Awards and honors Thorneloe's work was recognized in numerous ways including: Bishop's University bestowed an honorary Doctorate of Divinity degree on him in 1896. Trinity College, Toronto honored Thorneloe with a Degree honoris causa in 1898. A village in rural Ontario is named after him.