Octave Fortin

{{Portal|Christianity}}The Ven Octave Fortin[http://canadiangreatwarproject.com/searches/soldierDetail.asp?ID=145948 CGWP] (b Iberville, Quebec, 5 January 1842;[http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/fortin_o.shtml Memorable Manitobans] d Santa Monica 2 October 1927[http://geneofun.on.ca/names/photo/675039?PHPSESSID=09856316884ba35571870739d9f6e951 St John's Cathedral Anglican Cemetery]) was a French convert to Anglicanism{{Cite web |url=http://anglican.nb.ca/bishop/citizens_with_the_saints/4_the_golden_voice_of_the_house_of_bishops.html |title=Anglican,NB |access-date=2017-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044018/http://anglican.nb.ca/bishop/citizens_with_the_saints/4_the_golden_voice_of_the_house_of_bishops.html |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }} who rose to become Archdeacon of Winnipeg from 1888 to 1917.Obituary: Octave Fortin. (Our Winnipeg Correspondent) The Times, London, England, Wednesday, Oct 05, 1927; pg. 15; Issue 44704

He was educated at Bishop's University, Lennoxville; and ordained in 1866.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1908 pp510/11: London, Horace Cox, 1908 After a curacy in Sorel he was the incumbent at St Jude, Montreal from 1869 to 1872, and then of Trinity Church, Montreal until 1875.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} He then began a 45-year association with Holy Trinity, Winnipeg.[http://images.uwinnipeg.ca/action.cfm?CollectionName=Holy%20Trinity%20Parish%20Collection&mode=browse&display=grid University of Winnipeg]