John Burn (bishop)

William John Burn (28 October 1851 – 18 June 1896[1]) was an Anglican colonial bishop in the late 19th century.

[2] Burn was born in Durham, England and educated at St John's College, Cambridge,[3] he was ordained in 1875.

[10] He was consecrated a bishop on 24 March 1893, by Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey.

[11] He arrived to take up his post Burn arrived in Qu'Appelle, Assiniboia (now Saskatchewan) on 20 May of that year, soon moved Bishop's Court from Qu'Appelle to Indian Head some 15 kilometres to the east, and served there until his death.

He improved the unity of the prairie Anglicans and also put the Diocese on a more secure economic footing.