Samuel Matheson

Born in the parish of Kildonan, Manitoba, the son of John and Catherine (Pritchard) Matheson, Matheson received a Bachelor of Divinity in 1879 from

St. John's College, University of Manitoba, and a Doctor of Divinity degree in 1903. He was ordained a deacon in 1875 and a priest in 1876. He was Master of St. John's College and Professor of Exegetical Theology.

In 1882, he was made a Canon of St. John's Cathedral in Winnipeg and Dean of Rupert's Land in 1902. In 1905 he became Archbishop of Rupert's Land and in 1909 was elected Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada,{{cite book | last=Malden Richard (ed) | author-link= | title= Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn) | location= London | publisher= The Field Press| pages=1293| year=1920 | isbn=}} serving until 1931. He resigned the Canadian primacy in September 1930{{Church Times | title = The Lambeth Conference | archive = 1930_06_13_750 | issue = 3516 | date = 13 June 1930 | page = 1312/3| accessed = 18 May 2019 }} and his diocesan See on January 31, 1931.{{Church Times | title = Canada. The New Archbishop. | archive = 1931_08_28_231 | issue = 3579 | date = 28 August 1931 | page = 231 | accessed = 18 May 2019 }}

From 1908 to 1934, he was the 2nd Chancellor of the University of Manitoba. He founded Havergal Ladies' College in Winnipeg and was its president.

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• [http://www.anglican.ca/search/faq/018.htm Primates of the Anglican Church of Canada]
• [http://www.anglican.ca/search/faq/025.htm Metropolitans of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land]
• [https://archive.org/details/storyofmanitoba02schouoft The story of Manitoba (Volume 2)]
• [http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/matheson_sp.shtml Manitoba Historical Society biography]
• [http://www.anglicanjournal.com/issues/2004/130/apr/04/article/the-election-of-a-primate-a-primer/?cHash=c0a299b07a The election of a primate: a primer]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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