# Walter Burd

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{{Short description|Anglican bishop}}{{Infobox Christian leader
| title       = Bishop of Saskatchewan
| image       = Walter-Burd (cropped).jpg
| consecrated_by = [Isaac Stringer](/source/Isaac_Stringer)
| consecration = 12 March 1933
}}
''' Walter Burd''', [DCM](/source/Distinguished_Conduct_Medal), was an [Anglican](/source/Anglican) [bishop](/source/bishop) in the second quarter of the 20th century.<ref>Obituaries section[Crockford's Clerical Directory](/source/Crockford's_Clerical_Directory)1940-41 Oxford, [OUP](/source/OUP),1940</ref><br />
He was born on 23 February 1888 and educated at [Wycliffe College](/source/Wycliffe_College). He served with distinction in [the First World War](/source/World_War_I) after which he became the  [General Secretary](/source/General_Secretary) of the  [Brotherhood of St. Andrew](/source/Brotherhood_of_St._Andrew), [Canada](/source/Canada).<ref>["Who was Who" 1897-1990](/source/Who's_Who) London, [A & C Black](/source/A_%26_C_Black), 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}}</ref> Following [ordination](/source/ordination) he was   [Rector](/source/Rector_(ecclesiastical))  of [Tisdale](/source/Tisdale%2C_Saskatchewan) and then [Rural Dean](/source/Rural_Dean) of [Melfort](/source/Melfort%2C_Saskatchewan). Later he was  a [canon residentiary](/source/Canon_(priest)) at [St Alban's Cathedral, Prince Albert](/source/List_of_Anglican_cathedrals_in_Canada) and then [Archdeacon](/source/Archdeacon)  of [the area](/source/Prince_Albert%2C_Saskatchewan) until his elevation to the [episcopate](/source/episcopate) as the Bishop of Saskatchewan in 1933.<ref>''New Canadian Bishop'' [The Times](/source/The_Times) Monday, Dec 12, 1932; pg. 12; Issue 46314; col C</ref> He resigned in Spring 1939<ref>''Ecclesiastical News Bishop Of Saskatchewan Resigning'' [The Times](/source/The_Times)  Friday, Mar 10, 1939; pg. 19; Issue 48250; col F</ref> but died a few months later on 2 August.<ref>''Obituary Dr. Walter Burd'' [The Times](/source/The_Times)  Monday, Aug 07, 1939; pg. 12; Issue 48377; col C</ref>

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