Edward John Bidwell (26 November 1866 – 11 August 1941)[1] was an English Anglican clergyman, who served as Bishop of Ontario from 1917 to 1926.
[2] He was born into an ecclesiastical family — his father was George Bidwell, sometime Rector of Simpson, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom.
In 1903 he emigrated to Canada to be headmaster of Bishop's College School, Lennoxville before being appointed Dean of Ontario in 1909, a post he held for eight years.
Having returned to England, he served as Vicar of Sellindge, Kent from 1930 to 1941.
He retired in 1941 and served as canon emeritus until his death on 11 August 1941.