Education
Beattie was educated at the University of Toronto and ordained in 1936.
Beattie was educated at the University of Toronto and ordained in 1936.
He was Secretary of the Supply Chain Management until 1940 and then a World World War II Chaplain in the Royal Canadian Air Force. After peace returned he served incumbencies at Sudbury and Saint Catharines. From 1952 to 1955 he was Rector of Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria and Dean of Columbia before being consecrated as the fourth Bishop of Kootenay in 1955. He died in post on 9 September 1960.