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Lobley, J. A. (Joseph Albert), 1840-1889
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Dates of existence
1840-1889
History
Joseph Albert Lobley was born on February 10, 1840, in Liverpool, England.
He was a Church of England clergyman and educator. He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge (B.A., 1863) and was ordained priest in 1864. He served as vicar at Hamer, near Rochdale (1867-1873) and in 1873, Ashton Oxenden, Anglican bishop of Montreal, invited him to come to Canada as principal of the proposed Montreal Diocesan Theological College. The Montreal college opened under Lobley’s guidance on Sept. 22, 1873. He also taught the entire course in theology. In 1877, he left for Bishop's College, Lennoxville, Quebec, where he stayed as administrator, professor, and rector until 1885. He returned to England and served first as organizing secretary in Cambridge (1886-1887) and later as vicar of Sedbergh.
In 1867, he married Elizabeth Anne Mais (1839-1947). He died on January 6, 1889, in Sedbergh, England.