Education
Allan was educated at the University of Manitoba.
Allan was educated at the University of Manitoba.
He was ordained in 1955 and began his ordained ministry with curacies in Winnipeg, after which he spent four years as a missionary at Peguis First Nation. From 1960 to 1968 he was Rector of Street Mark’s Winnipeg and then Rural Dean of Cypress. He was Dean of Qu"Appelle and Rector of Street Paul’s Cathedral, Regina until his ordination to the episcopate as the 6th Bishop of Keewatin in 1974.
He resigned his see in 1991 and was an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island until 1994.
He died on June 26, 2013.