# Octave Fortin

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[The Ven](/source/The_Venerable) **Octave Fortin**[1] (b [Iberville, Quebec](/source/Iberville_(Quebec_provincial_electoral_district)), 5 January 1842;[2] d [Santa Monica](/source/Santa_Monica) 2 October 1927[3]) was a French convert to [Anglicanism](/source/Anglicanism)[4] who rose to become [Archdeacon of Winnipeg](/source/Diocese_of_Rupert's_Land) from 1888 to 1917.[5]

He was educated at [Bishop's University, Lennoxville](/source/Bishop's_University); and [ordained](/source/Ordained) in 1866.[6] After a [curacy](/source/Curate) in [Sorel](/source/Sorel-Tracy) he was the incumbent at St Jude, [Montreal](/source/Montreal) from 1869 to 1872, and then of Trinity Church, [Montreal](/source/Montreal) until 1875.[citation needed] He then began a 45-year association with [Holy Trinity](/source/Holy_Trinity_Anglican_Church_(Winnipeg)), [Winnipeg](/source/Winnipeg).[7]

## Notes

1. [CGWP](https://canadiangreatwarproject.com/searches/soldierDetail.asp?ID=145948)

1. [Memorable Manitobans](https://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/people/fortin_o.shtml)

1. [St John's Cathedral Anglican Cemetery](http://geneofun.on.ca/names/photo/675039?PHPSESSID=09856316884ba35571870739d9f6e951)

1. ["Anglican,NB"](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). Archived from [the original](http://anglican.nb.ca/bishop/citizens_with_the_saints/4_the_golden_voice_of_the_house_of_bishops.html) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2017-06-28.

1. *Obituary: Octave Fortin.* (Our Winnipeg Correspondent) [The Times](/source/The_Times), London, England, Wednesday, Oct 05, 1927; pg. 15; Issue 44704

1. [Crockford's Clerical Directory](/source/Crockford's_Clerical_Directory) 1908 pp510/11: London, Horace Cox, 1908

1. [University of Winnipeg](http://images.uwinnipeg.ca/action.cfm?CollectionName=Holy%20Trinity%20Parish%20Collection&mode=browse&display=grid)

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