Montreal Diocesan Theological College
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The Montreal Diocesan Theological College (known as Dio) is the theological seminary of the Anglican Diocese of Montreal
Anglican Diocese of Montreal
The Diocese of Montreal is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada of the Anglican Church of Canada, in turn a province of the Anglican Communion. The diocese comprises the 21,400 square kilometres encompassing the City and Island of Montreal, the Laurentians, the South Shore opposite...

, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. It offers the Master of Divinity
Master of Divinity
In the academic study of theology, the Master of Divinity is the first professional degree of the pastoral profession in North America...

 and Diploma in Ministry to candidates for ordination and other students. It also offers a distance education program, the Reading and Tutorial Course in Theology, leading to the Licentiate in Theology
Licentiate in Theology
The Licentiate of Theology or the Licence in Theology is a theological qualification commonly awarded for ordinands and laymen studying theology in the United Kingdom, Malta, Canada, Australia and New Zealand...

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Andrew Taylor (Architect)
Andrew Taylor (architect)
Sir Andrew Thomas Taylor J.P., R.C.A., F.S.A., F.R.I.B.A. was a British architect and Conservative Party municipal councillor. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and practised architecture in Scotland and London before immigrating to Montreal, Quebec, in 1883, where he designed many of the...

 designed the Montreal Diocesan Theological College building at University Street near Milton Street, 1895-96.

In 2008, after many years without ever having more than five full-time students, the struggling college sold its buildings to McGill University
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...

, and is now run out of the rooms of the former Principal's Lodge, which are now rented from McGill.

The college is affiliated with the Montreal School of Theology, the McGill University Faculty of Religious Studies
McGill University Faculty of Religious Studies
The Faculty of Religious Studies is one of the constituent faculties of McGill University.-History:The faculty's history is rooted in the numerous theological colleges in Montreal that became affiliated with the university during the nineteenth century...

 http://www.mcgill.ca/religiousstudies/joint-board/ http://www.mcgill.ca/religiousstudies/ and the Université de Montréal
Université de Montréal
The Université de Montréal is a public francophone research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It comprises thirteen faculties, more than sixty departments and two affiliated schools: the École Polytechnique and HEC Montréal...

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A World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

 memorial window (1935) by Charles William Kelsey
Charles William Kelsey
Charles William Kelsey was a Canadian artist best known for his stained glass work. He was born in 1877 in England.He trained in England. He emigrated to Montreal, Quebec in 1922...

depicting St. Stephen the Martyr was dedicated to Albert Withey of the 24th Canadian Battalion.

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