Vicars Short

Who is Vicars Short?

The Rt Rev Hedley Vicars Roycroft Short was an Anglican bishop in the last third of the 20th century.

He was educated at the University of Toronto and ordained in 1944. He held curacies at St Michael’s Toronto and then Coventry Cathedral. Returning to Canada he was a lecturer at Trinity College, Toronto, and for a while its Acting Dean. After incumbencies at Cochrane and St. Catharines he became Dean of Prince Albert in 1963. From 1966 he was also Archdeacon of the area. In 1970 he became Bishop of Saskatchewan, serving for 11 years.