Cleric.
Born at Rathwell on 11 November 1912, son of Jacob Anderson and Edith Alice More (1882-1943), he and his family moved to Stonewall in 1915. He attended Stonewall School, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. John’s College (1936), and was ordained later that year. He served as a missionary-pastor at Snowflake Anglican Church (1936-1939). In 1939, he moved to England to serve as Curate at St. Ann's Wandsworth, London, England. He returned to Canada in 1940 to become Assistant Rector at All Saints Church in Winnipeg.
In 1942, he enlisted as a chaplain in the Canadian Army Medical Corps and later transferred to the Grenadier Guards with whom he went overseas from Montreal. He was part of the Fourth Division Armoured Corps. In 1945, he was severely wounded in Holland when his jeep hit a land mine, for which he received a Military Cross.
He returned to Canada and received rebahilitation for 18 months at the Deer Lodge Veterans Hospital. He then served at St. Aidan’s Anglican Church (1946-1949). In 1949, he was appointed Rector of St. John's Cathedral and Dean of the Diocese of Rupertsland before moving to Ottawa, Ontario. He was Rector of Christ Church Cathedral (1952-1962) then returned to Manitoba as Bishop-Suffragan of Rupertsland, becoming Bishop of British Columbia in 1968.
On 27 June 1941, he married Agnes Elizabeth Swalwell (1913-1997, daughter of Rev. Lot Swalwell) at St. Mark’s Anglican Church and they subsequently had a daughter and a son. He died at Victoria, British Columbia on 21 November 1969.
“499 students of Manitoba University will receive degrees at convocation,” Winnipeg Tribune, 12 May 1936, page 6.
Marriage registration [Jacob Anderson, Edith Alice More], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Birth registration [John Ogle Anderson], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Marriage registration [John Olge Anderson, Agnes Elizabeth Swalwell], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
“Local and general,“ Stonewall Argus and Teulon Times, 12 October 1949, page 1.
“Rev. John Anderson appointed Dean of Rupertsland Diocese,“ Stonewall Argus and Teulon Times, 13 October 1949, page 1.
“Anglican ceremony Saturday,” Winnipeg Tribune, 3 January 1962, page 20.
Death registrations [John Ogle Anderson, Agnes Elizabeth Anderson], British Columbia Vital Statistics.
“Anglican bishop dies in Victoria,“ Winnipeg Tribune, 21 November 1969.
Dictionary of Manitoba Biography by John M. “Jack” Bumsted, Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Press, December 1999, 288 pages.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 22 December 2025
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