John Almond (Archdeacon of Montreal)


John Macpherson Almond, was an Anglican priest in Canada in the first half of the 20th century.
Born in Shigawake, Quebec, Almond was educated at Bishop's University, Lennoxville. He was ordained deacon in 1896; and priest in 1897. He was an SPG missionary in Labrador then a curate at Montreal Cathedral. During the Second Boer War he served as a chaplain with the Royal Canadian Regiment of Infantry. After further missionary work at Grand-Mère he became the incumbent at Trinity, Montreal. He was Archdeacon of Montreal from 1932 until his death in Montreal in 1939.