Richard Young (bishop)

For other people of the same name, see Richard Young (disambiguation).

The Rt. Rev. Richard Young

Richard Young (September 7, 1843 – July 12, 1905) was a bishop in Rupert's Land. Young was born and educated in England. After being ordained as a priest in the Church of England in 1869, Young moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1875. In 1883 he became bishop of the see of Athabasca in present-day northern Alberta. In 1903 he resigned as bishop and returned to England where he lived until his death in 1905.

References

• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online