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      <persname>Sisco, Gordon A., 1891-1953</persname>
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  <bioghist encodinganalog="3.2.2"><p>Gordon A. Sisco (1891-1953) was a Methodist/United Church minister and General Secretary of the United Church. He was born in Coaticook, Quebec, studied at Queen&#039;s University and Wesleyan Theological Seminary, Montreal, and was ordained as a Methodist minister in 1916. He served charges in Ontario and Quebec. He was appointed General Secretary of The United Church of Canada General Council in 1936, which post he held until his death. He was a founding member of the World Council of Churches and sat on its executive. He also served other national and international ecumenical bodies.</p></bioghist>  <scopecontent encodinganalog="3.3.1"><p>Fonds consists of correspondence, 1936-1952, addresses, articles, sermons, and other papers.</p></scopecontent>  <controlaccess>
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