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OXENDEN, Ashton, Canadian Anglican bishop, born at Broome park, near Canterbury, England, in 1808. He was graduated at University college, Oxford, in 1831, was ordained priest in 1884, and from 1848 till 1869 was rector of Pluckley-with-Pivington, in Kent. In 1864 he became honorary canon of Canterbury cathedral, and in 1869 he was consecrated bishop of Montreal, and was metropolitan and primate of all Canada. In April, 1878, he resigned and returned to England, and in May, 1879, was appointed vicar of St. Stephen, near Canterbury. Among other works he has written "Plain History of the Christian Church" (London, 1847) ; "Barham Tracts" (1859); " Baptism and the Lord's Supper Simply Explained "(1861) ; " Our Church and Her Services" (Boston, 1866);" Decision" (London, 1868); "Parables of our Lord" (1869); and "Portraits from the Bible " (1871).
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