About William Legge
Lived 1913 – 1999 (aged 85). William Legge was an anglican priest.
William Gordon Legge (20 January 1913 – 13 January 1999) was an Anglican priest and bishop in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He was the first bishop of the Diocese of Western Newfoundland, serving from 1976 to 1978.
He was ordained as a priest in 1938. After a curacy at Channel he held incumbencies at Botwood and Bell Island. He was Archdeacon of Avalon from 1955 to 1968 when he became a suffragan bishop.
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Who was William Legge?
Anglican bishop (1913–1999)
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William Legge was born on 20 January 1913.
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William Legge died on 13 January 1999.
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William Legge was an anglican priest.
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