First Bishop of Athabasca; First Bishop of Mackenzie River; First Bishop of Selkirk (now Yukon).
WIlliam Carpenter Bompas was born in 1834 in London, England. Initially, he started down a path towards a career in law, but switched to a religious path later. Born to the Baptist faith, he was confirmed in the Anglican church, and then was ordained deacon in 1859. He was the curate of Parish Church Sutton-in-the-Marsh in Lincolnshire from 1859 - 1863, became curate of Church of the Holy Trinity in Louth in 1863, then curate of Alford, Lincholnshire in 1864. In 1865, he answered a call for missionary to Rupert's Land from the Church Missionary Society, and was ordained priest in. He then became the priest in charge of the Missionary circuit of the Yukon from 1866 to 1874. He was nominated Bishop of Athabasca, newly created out of the division of Rupert's Land, a post he was not initially pleased with; but he was persuaded to accept by his peers and was consecrated on May 3, 1874. He married Charlotte Selina Cox in that same year, and continued missionary work. He created plans for model farms at Fort Dunvegan and Fort Vermilion, and established the Irene Training school at Fort Vermilion in 1880. Another division of the diocese saw him translated the Missionary See of Mackenzie River in 1884, which was divided again in 1891, at which point Bompas became Bishop of Selkirk (now Yukon). He corresponded regularly with John Christian Schultz, bringing awareness of Northern Canada to the rest of the country. He also studied three languages from the local First Nations communties - Slavey, Beaver, and Tukudh. This allowed him to translate multiple religious works. He resigned in 1905, and passed away in 1906 in Carcross, Yukon.
First Bishop of Qu' Appelle.
Adelbert John Robert Anson was born in London, England in 1840. He attended Theological College at Lichfield, and received a Bachelor of Arts from Oxford in 1863. He was ordained deacon in 1864, and priest in 1865. He was a curate in Wolverhampton from 1864 to 1866, then in Bilston from 1866 to 1868. In 1867 he received a Master of Arts from Oxford, and became a Vicar in Handsworth from 1868 to 1870, then moved to Sedgley and was the vicar there. He became The rector in Woolwich in 1875, and became an honourary Canon in 1883 at Rochester Cathedral. He was consecrated Bishop of Assiniboia (Saskatchewan, Canada) in 1884. During his tenture, the Diocese eventually changed its name to Qu'Appelle. 23 churches were built in the diocese while he was Bishop, and he founded a boys' school in 1889. He gained an honourary Doctor of Civil Law from Trinity University in Toronto, Ontario in 1887, and an honourary Doctor of Divinity from Oxford in 1896. He resigned the See of Qu'Appelle in 1892, and became the Warden of St. John's Hospital in Lichfield, England until 1898. He was then the Canon Residentiary at Lichfield Cathedral until he died in 1909.
Third Bishop of New Westminster; Second Metropolitan of British Columbia; Acting Primate of All Canada.
Adam Urias De Pencier was born in Burritt's Rapids, Ontario. He was ordained deacon in 1890 in Belleville, then priest soon after. He was a missionary to Navan, Ontario from 1890 to 1893, and priest vicar of the Cathedral of St. Alban the Martyr in Toronto from 1893 to 1899. He received a B.A. (1895) and an M.A. (1896) from the University of Trinity College, and was the rector of Uxbridge, Ontario from 1899 - 1901, then curate of St. James Cathedral from 1901 to 1904. He became rector of Brandon, Manitoba in 1904, then of St. Paul's Church in Vancouver in 1908. In 1910, he was consecrated Bishop of New Westminister. During the First World War, he was appointed Chaplain and Honourary Captain in the Canadian Chaplain Services, and was attached to the 62nd Overseas Battalion of the Canadian Expedentiary Forces in 1915. By 1918, he was promoted to the temporary rank of Lieutenant Colonel, as well as appointed to the Order of the British Empire in recognition for valuable services rendered in connection with Military operation in France and Flanders. In 1921, he transferred to the Reserve of Officers at the rank of Lieutanent Colonel. He was elected to the office of the President of the House of Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia in 1925, and became the Archbishop of New Westminster and Metropolitan of British Columbia. He resigned in 1940, and passed away in 1949.
He received an honourary D.D. from the University of Trinity College in 1911.
Second Bishop of Newfoundland (with Bermuda).
Edward Feild was born in Worcester, England in 1801. He received a B.A. from Oxford University in 1823, then an M.A. in 1825. He was ordained deacon that same year, and priest in 1827. He served as curate in Kidlington, England from 1826 to 1831, then at St. Martin's, Salisbury until 1834. From there, he became Rector of English Bicknor, Gloucestershire, from 1834 to 1844. During this time, he was also fouthe Inspector of Schools for the National Society from 1840 to 1841. In 1844, he was consecrated Bishop of Newfoundland, and received an honourary D.D. from Oxford. During his episcopacy, he travelled through Newfoundland and the Labrador coast, as well as to Bermuda, baptizing babies, consecrating churches and graveyards, and regularizing marriages. He also founded a theological college and collegiate school, and completed the building of a Cathedral in St. John's in 1850. He married Sophia Bevan in 1867, the widow of Rev. Jacob Mountain, and resigned the See of Newfoundland in 1876. He died in Bermuda that same year.
Second Bishop of New Westminster.
John Dart was born in Ilfracombe, North Devon in 1837. He was ordained deacon in 1859 in Colombo, Ceylon (modern day Sri Lanka), and was the warden of St. Thomas' College there until 1865. In 1860 he was ordained priest, and from 1862 to 1865 he was Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Colombo. In 1865, he became the Priest in Charge at St. Faith's, Stoke Newington, England. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts from Oxford University in 1867, and a Master of Arts in 1871. From 1870 to 1875 he was the Vice-Principal and Science Lecturer at St. Peter's College in Peterborough, England. He then moved to Nova Scotia, Canada to take up the position of President at the University of King's College in Windsor, Nova Scotia in 1875, a position he held until 1885. He also became a canon of St. Luke's Cathedral in Halifax during this time. From 1885 to 1895, he was the Organizing Secretary of the Diocese of Manchester in England, and in 1895, he was consecrated as Bishop of New Westminster, British Columbia. He was granted an honourary D.C.L. from the University of King's College in 1878, as well as an honourary D.D. from Oxford in 1895. He passed away in 1910.
First Bishop of Edmonton.
Henry Allen Gray was born in Kilburn, England in 1863, and educated in Ramsgate, England. In 1895, he graduated from the University of Manitoba with a B.A., and was ordained deacon in Calgary, Alberta. He was curate of Holy Trinity Church in South Edmonton, and was ordained priest in 1896, at which point he became incumbent of his church until 1897. He then served as rector of Edmonton until 1914. During this time, he also held the position of Chaplain to the Bishop of Calgary (1903 - 1914); archdeacon on Edmonton (1907 - 1914); was appointed honourary captain and chaplain of the 19th Alberta Dragoons (1908); and was appointed by the Provincial Government of Alberta to be judge of Juvenile Court at Edmonton (1909). He was consecrated Bishop of Edmonton in 1914, and received an honourary D.D. from St. John's College, Winnipeg. He also received an honourary LL.D. from the University of Alberta in 1815, and was appointed honourary major of the 19th Alberta Dragoons in 1921. He resigned in 1931, and passed away in 1939.
Second Bishop of Keewatin.
Alfred Daniel Alexander Dewdney was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1863. He was ordained deacon in 1886, then priest in 1887. He was the incumbent of Trinity Church in Port Burwell, Ontario, as well as at St. Luke's Church in Vienna, Ontario from 1886 to 1888, then moved to Trinity Church in Durham from 1888 to 1890. He then served as a Rector in various churches from 1890 to 1911, as well as examining chaplain to the Bishop of Saskatchewan, and a lecturer in apologetics at Emmanuel College in Prince Albert until 1921. He received a B.A. from Queen's University in 1910, as well as an honourary D.D. from Emmanuel College at the University of Saskatchewan in 1921, and one from Wycliffe College in 1922. He was consecrated Bishop of Keewatin in 1921, a position he held until 1938. He passed away in 1945.
Coadjutor Bishop of Huron; Second Bishop of Huron.
Issac Hellmuth was born in 1820 in Warsaw, Poland, and was educated privately, then at the University of Breslau. He converted to Christianity from Judiasm in the 1830s, and was ordained deacon, then priest, in 1846 in Quebec. He became the Rector of Sherbrooke, Quebec in 1846, as well as the Professor of Hebrew and Rabbinical Literature at Bishop's College, and was at some point made the Vice-Principal of the college. He stayed there until 1854, marrying Maria Evans in 1847, and obtaining an honourary D.D. from Lambeth in 1853, as well as a D.D. (ad eundem) from the University of Bishop's College in 1854. From 1854 to 1863, he was the General Superintendent for the Commonwealth and Continental Church Society in British North America. In the 1860s, he raised substantial funds amongst British Evangelicals for Bishop Cronyn's Huron College. From 1862 to 1867, he was the Principal of Huron College, and a Professor of Divinity. He was also Archdeacon of Huron from 1864 to 1867. He founded the London Collegiate Institute (Hellmuth College) for boys in 1865, and the Hellmuth Ladies' College in 1867. From 1867, he was Rector of St. Paul's Cathedral in London, as well as Dean of Huron, until 1871, when he was elected as Coadjutor Bishop of Huron (for which he was given the title Bishop of Norfolk). He succeeded to the See of Huron in September 1871, after the former Bishop, Benjamin Cronyn, died. He remained in this position until 1883.
In the 1870s, Hellmuth, along with other interested parties, promoted the founding of Western University, first by having the University take possession of Hellmuth College. Hellmuth worked hard to get the university up and running, by fundraising, donating his own money, asking for a Charter from the provincial government, and defending the bill to incorporate it. He became Chancellor and chairman of the senate, and is today considered the founder of the university. He left Western behind in 1883 when he resigned the See of Huron and moved back to England to be the Assistant Bishop (Suffragan) to the Bishop of Ripon. Unfortunately, his position there did not last long, when the Bishop passed away. Hellmuth's wife passed away soon after, and he became Rector of Bridlington, England from 1885 to 1891. He remarried in 1886, and became perpetual curate of Bessingby, England from 1888 to 1891. He was Chaplain of Holy Trinity, Pau, France from 1891 to 1897, then Rector of Compton Pauncefoot, England until 1899. He then retired and lived in Weston-Super-Mare, England until his death in 1901.