John Norton (priest)

John George Norton (1840–1920) was an Anglican priest who held senior leadership positions in Canada during the first quarter of the 20th century.

Norton was born in Arvagh; and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. He was ordained deacon in 1865; and priest in 1866. He served curacies in Kilmacrenan and Mullaghbrack; and incumbencies in Durham and Montreal. He was Archdeacon of St Andrews, PQ from 1900 to 1902; a Canon of Montreal from 1893 to 1902; and Archdeacon of Montreal from 1902 until his death in October 1920.