John Medley
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John Medley was a Church of England clergyman who became the first bishop of Fredericton in 1845. In 1879 he succeeded Ashton Oxenden as Metropolitan of Canada.
1848 portrait by John Bridges
St. Anne's Chapel is a Gothic Revival Anglican chapel of ease in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Constructed between 1846 and 1847, it was designed by British-born architect Frank Wills. St. Anne's Chapel
John Medley
…seating proved controversial when he became Bishop of Fredericton and embarked on a church-building program that began with Christ Church Cathedral and St. Anne's Chapel of Ease. Both the Cathedral and St. Anne's Chapel had free seats, and Bishop Medley refused to consecrate any new church in which pew rents were charged. This…
St. Anne's Chapel (Fredericton)
St. Anne's Chapel in 1850, three years after its completion
The Lychgate at St Anne's Chapel