William John Burn (28 October 185118 June 1896Obituary. The Bishop of Qu'Appelle The Times Saturday 20 June 1896; pg. 9; Issue 34922; col E) was an Anglican colonial bishop in the late 19th century.Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
Burn was born in Durham, England and educated at St John's College, Cambridge, he was ordained in 1875."The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889 His first posts were curacies at St Andrew's Church, ChestertonChurch web site and St Paul's Church, Jarrow.Genuki From 1881 to 1893 he was Vicar of St Peter's, JarrowA church near you then St Edwin ConiscliffePhoto of church
In 1893 Burn was elevated to the episcopate as the secondBishops of the Diocese of Qu’Appelle bishop of Qu’Appelle.The Times, Friday 9 December 1892; pg. 11; Issue 33817; col D Ecclesiastical Intelligence He was consecrated a bishop on 24 March 1893, by Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey. 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 died at Indian Head and was buried at Qu'Appelle, whose parish church had retained pro-cathedral status.
Burn had a positive influence on the Anglican Diocese of Qu'Appelle in his short tenure. He improved the unity of the prairie Anglicans and also put the Diocese on a more secure economic footing.
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