12 Facts About Arthur Sweatman

Arthur Sweatman was a Canadian Anglican bishop and the third Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada.

Arthur Sweatman's education began in two London private schools, followed by education at University College School.

At the age of fifteen, Arthur Sweatman began to teach in the Sunday school of Christ Church, Marylebone.

In 1859, Arthur Sweatman received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Christ's College, Cambridge, and was ordained as a deacon the same year.

Arthur Sweatman soon distinguished himself as a pioneer in the movement for boys' clubs, beginning with the founding of the Islington Youths' Institute in 1860.

From 1874 to 1876, Arthur Sweatman again served as the principal of the London Collegiate Institute, which had been renamed Hellmuth Boys' College.

Arthur Sweatman was elected as a compromise between the clergymen and laymen of the synod after five days of balloting.

Arthur Sweatman immediately set to work, transforming a debt-ridden diocese into a financially stable one, as well as allowing social works consistent with the Oxford Movement.

In 1884, Arthur Sweatman recognized the foundation of the Sisterhood of St John the Divine, an Anglican religious order of women dedicated to nursing, education and other charitable endeavors, led by Hannah Grier Coome.

Rev Arthur Sweatman worked towards a grand new cathedral for Toronto.

In 1905, Arthur Sweatman suffered a seizure, and in 1907 became the Archbishop of Toronto.

Two years later, on 24 January 1909, Arthur Sweatman died of bronchial pneumonia.