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SWEATMAN, Arthur, Canadian Anglican bishop, born in London, England, 19 November, 1834. He was educated at London university, graduated at Cambridge in 1859, and ordained priest in 1860. In 1862 he became curate of St. Stephen's, Canon-bury, and master of the modern department of the Islington proprietary school; and in 1865, on the invitation of Dr. Hellmuth, the bishop of Huron, he accepted the head-mastership of Hellmuth boys' college, London, Ont. In 1872 he resigned this post to become rector of Grace church, Brantford, where he ministered two years, and in 1874 he resumed the mastership of Hellmuth college, which he held till 1876. He was chaplain to the bishop of Huron, and secretary to the synod of the diocese of Huron in 1872-'9, secretary to the house of bishops of the province of Canada in 1873-'9, canon of London (Ont.) cathedral in 1875, and soon afterward archdeacon of Brant. He was also acting rector of St. Paul's church, Woodstock, in 1876-'9. In March, 1879, he was appointed bishop of Toronto in succession to Alexander Nell Bethune. He received the degree of D.D. from Cambridge in 1879, and in 1885 was appointed president of the London society for the promotion of Christianity among the Jews.
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