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William Archibald Geddes was born in the Magdalen Islands and educated at Dalhousie University. In WWI he served in the 8th Canadian Siege Battery. He was ordained in 1920 as an Anglican missionary to the Inuit at Herschel Island. In 1927 he was appointed Archdeacon of Yukon; the next year Bishop of Mackenzie River. From 1934 to 1947 he was Bishop of Yukon.

Born: 1894
Died: 1947