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Second Bishop of Niagara; First Bishop of Ottawa; Seventh Metropolitan of Canada; First Metropolitan of Ontario.

Charles Hamilton was born in Hawkesbury, Ontario in 1834, and educated in Montreal, Quebec. He obtained his B.A. at Oxford University in 1856, and a B.A. (ad eundem) from the University of Bishop's College in Lennoxville, Quebec in 1857. He was ordained deacon that same year, and served a curacy at Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity in Quebec until 1858, when he was ordained priest. From 1858 to 1864, he was incumbent of St. Peter's Church, Quebec. He received an M.A. from Oxford in 1859, as well as an M.A. (ad eundem) from the University of Bishops' College. He was the Honourary Clerical Secretary of the Provincial Synod of Canada from 1862 to 1877. From 1864 to 1866, he served as Curate of St. Matthew's Church in Quebec, then as Rector from 1866 to 1885. In 1882, he was elected Prolocutor of the Lower House of the Provincial Synod of Canada at Montreal, then was re-elected in 1883. He was consecrated Bishop of Niagara in 1885, and translated to the See of Ottawa in 1896. In 1904, he was appointed to the Episcopal Canonry of Gerizim, in the Cathedral Collegiate Church of St. George the Martyr, Jerusalem. In 1909, he was elected by the House of Bishops of the Province of Canada, in Toronto, to the office of the President of the House and became Metropolitan of Canada and Archbishop of Ottawa. He also became Metropolitan of Ontario in 1912. In 1914, he resigned, and passed away in La Jolla, California in 1919.

He received a few honourary degrees over his life time, including: D.D. (1885), University of Bishops' College; D.C.L. (1885), University of Trinity College, Toronto; and D.D. (1910), University of King's College, Windsor, Nova Scotia.

Third Bishop of Qu'Appelle.

John Grisdale was born in Bolton, England. He was ordained deacon in 1870, and was missionary to Calcutta (Kolkata), India, from 1870 to 1871, then did temporary work for the Church Missionary Society in England from 1871 to 1873. He was ordained priest in 1872, and was incumbent of St. Andrew's, Manitoba from 1873 to 1874. He then became a Professor of Systemic Theology at St. John's College in Winnipeg, as well as a Canon of St. John's Cathedral, from 1874 to 1882. He received an honourary D.D. from Lambeth in 1875, and was the secretary for the Provincial Synod of Rupert's Land from 1875 to 1883. From 1882 to 1896, he was a Professor of Pastoral Theology at St. John's College; the Dean of Rupert's Land; and the Prolocutor of the Lower House of the Provincial Synod of the Ecclesiastical Province of Rupert's Land. He received an honourary D.C.L. in 1893 from the University of Trinity College, Toronto. He was consecrated Bishop of Qu'Appelle in 1896, a position he held until 1911, when he resigned. He continued to give Episcopal assistance to the Archbishop of Rupert's Land until his death in 1922 in Winnipeg.

Third Bishop of Mackenzie River.

James Richard Lucas was born in Brighton, England in 1867. He was ordained deacon in Fort Chipewyan, Manitoba in 1892, then priest in 1893. He was Incumbent of St. Paul's Church in Fort Chipewyan from 1892 to 1899. He then moved to become the Incumbent of St. David's Church in Fort Simpson, Manitoba, from 1900 to 1907. He became Archdeacon of Mackenzie River in 1906, and Secretary-Treasurer of the Diocese of Mackenzie River in 1908. He received an honourary D.D. from St. John's College, Winnipeg in 1912, and was consecrated Bishop of Mackenzie River in 1913. He held that post until he resigned in 1925, at the request of the Archbishop of Rupert's Land. When his resignation took effect in 1926, he was put in charge of Emmanual Church in Hanlan's Point, Toronto, during the summer months, and in 1927, starting assisting the Bishop of Saskatchewan during G. Lloyd's absence. He passed away in 1938.

First Bishop of Keewatin.

Joseph Lofthouse was born in Wadsley, England in 1855, and ordained deacon and priest in 1883 in Moose Fort. He was an assistant missionary, then missionary with the Church Missionary Society in York Factory in the Diocese of Moosonee, from 1883 to 1886. He then moved to Fort Churchill to be a missionary there, and stayed until 1897. In 1896, he became the Archdeacon of York, and in 1900, travelled as a missionary across Baffin Island. From 1901 to 1902, he returned to Moose Fort, and in 1902 was consecrated Bishop of Keewatin in Winnipeg. He remained at this post until 1920, when he resigned. He also received an honourary D.D. from St. John's College in Winnipeg that year, and retired to Glencoe, Surrey, England in 1921. He passed away in Dawlish, England in 1933.

Coadjutor Bishop of Ontario; Second Bishop of Ontario.

William Lennox Mills was born in Woodstock, Ontario in 1846. He attended Huron College and Western University in London, Ontario, and was ordained deacon in 1872. He served as Incumbent of Norwich, Ontario, and was ordained priest in 1873. In 1874, he became the Rector of Seaforth, Ontario; then of St. John's, Quebec in 1875; then Trinity Church, Montreal in 1882, which he held until 1896. He was also a Canon of Christ Church Cathedral in Montreal from 1883 to 1896, and received a B.D. from the University of Trinity College, Toronto, in 1884. He lectured at the Montreal Diocesan College on Dogmatic Theology from 1884 to 1895, and was Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Montreal from 1885 to 1900. Mills earned a D.D. from the University of Trinity College in 1894, and married Katharine Sophia Bagg in 1896. He was Archdeacon of St. Andrew's, Montreal from 1896 to 1900, and was granted a D.D. (ad eundem) from the University of Bishop's College, Lennoxville, Quebec in 1897. He was consecrated Bishop of Kingston in 1900, and succeeded to the See of Ontario on the death of the Archbishop in 1901. It was then that he received honourary degrees from Queen's University (LL.D., 1901); the University of Trinity College (D.C.L., 1901); and the University of Bishop's College (D.C.L., 1903). He passed away in Kingston in 1917.

First Bishop of Fredericton; Third Metropolitan of Canada.

John Medley was born in London, England in 1804, and obtained a B.A. from Oxford University in 1826. He married Christina Bacon that same year, and the couple would have seven children before Christina died in 1841. Medley was ordained deacon in 1828, then priest in 1829. He was Perpetual curate of St. John's, in Truro, England until 1831, and obtained his M.A. from Oxford in 1830. He published The Episcopal Form of Church Government in 1935, and assisted in translating the Homilies of St John Chrysotom on the Corinthians in 1938. He was a prebendery of Exeter Cathedral from 1838 to 1845, when he was consecrated Bishop of Fredericton, New Brunswick. He married again in 1863 to a woman called Margaret Hudson, and received a D.D. from the University of King's College in Windsor, Nova Scotia in 1864. He also received several honourary degrees, including a B.D. and D.D. (both 1845) from Oxford; a D.D. (1888) from Durham; a LL.D. (1888) from Cambridge; and a D.C.L. (1890) from University of King's College. He became the Metropolitan of Canada in 1879, and passed away in Fredericton in 1892.

Second Bishop of Saskatchewan (with Calgary); First Bishop of Calgary.

William Cyprian Pinkham was born in St. John's Newfoundland in 1844, and was educated privately and at the Church of England Academy in St. John's. He married Jean Anne Drever in 1868, and was ordained deacon that same year in London, Ontario. He was incumbent of St. James, Manitoba from 1868 to 1882, and was ordained priest in 1869. In 1871, he became Superintendent of Education for Protestant Schools of Manitoba, a post he held until 1883. He was granted an honourary B.D. from Lambeth in 1879, and was a founding member of the Manitoba Historical Society. He was secretary of the Diocesan Synod of Rupert's Land from 1881 to 1887, as well as Canon of St. John's Cathedral in Winnipeg and Examining Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Rupert's Land. He was also acting Rector of All Saints' Church in Winnipeg from 1883 to 1884. He was consecrated Bishop of Saskatchewan in 1887, and received two honourary degrees, including a D.D. from St. John's College, University of Manitoba; and a D.C.L. from Trinity University, Toronto. He was also made an honourary fellow of St. Augustine's College in Canterbury. In 1888, he was also appointed to the See of Calgary, thus becoming the Shop of Saskatchewan and Calgary. He resigned the See of Saskatchewan in 1809, but remained Bishop of Calgary until he resigned in 1926. In 1909, he received an honourary D.C.L. from the University of Alberta. He passed away in 1928.

Second Bishop of British Columbia; Bishop of Willesden.

William Willcox Perrin was born in Westbury-on-Trym, England in 1848. He obtained a B.A. from Oxford University in 1870, and was ordained deacon in 1871, then prierst in 1872. He was curate of St. Mary's Church in Southampton from 1871 to 1882, and became Vicar of St. Luke's Church in Southampton in 1881. He obtained an M.A. from Oxford in 1873. He was consecrated Bishop of British Columbia in 1893, and received an honourary D.D. from Oxford. He was made an honourary fellow of King's College in London in 1901, and received an honourary D.C.L. from the University of King's College in Windsor, Nova Scotia in 1910. He was translated to the See of Willesden, England in 1911, and remained there as Suffragan Bishop until he died in 1934.

First Bishop of Toronto.

John Strachan was born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1778. He obtained an M.A. from University and King's College in Aberdeen in 1797, and was ordained deacon in 1803 in Quebec. He was ordained priest in 1804, and was a missionary with the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Cornwall, Ontario from 1803 to 1812. He married Ann Wood McGill in 1807, and was granted an honourary D.D. from University and King's College in 1811. He was Rector of York, Ontario from 1812 to 1846. During this time, he was also a member of the executive council of Upper Canada in Toronto (1813 to 1836); a member of Legislative Council of Upper Canada in Toronto (1818 to 1840); Chairman of the Upper Canada Clergy Corporation (1819); President of the General Board of Education in Upper Canada (1822 - 1833); the Archdeacon of York (1825 to 1846); and President of King's College, Toronto (1827 to 1849). He received an honourary LL.D. from St. Andrew's University in St. Andrew's, and was consecrated Bishop of Toronto in 1839. He established the Diocesan Theological School in Cobourg to train clergyman in 1842, as well as the Church Society that same year. He passed away in 1867.

During his life, Strachan wrote and published extensively, including:

A concise introduction to practical arithmetic; for the use of schools (Montreal, 1809)

A discourse on the character of King George the Third, addressed to the inhabitants of British America (1810)

A sermon, on the death of the Rev. John Stuart, D.D., preached at Kingston, 25th August, 1811 (1811)

A sermon, preached at York before the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, August 2nd, 1812 (1812)

A letter to the ... Earl of Selkirk ... (London, 1816)

An appeal to the friends of religion and literature, in behalf of the University of Upper Canada (1827)

Canada church establishment: copy of a letter addressed to R. J. Wilmot Horton . .. respecting the state of the church in that province (1827) (also published as an appendix in U.C., House of Assembly, Journal, 1828)

A letter to the Rev. Thomas Chalmers ... on the life and character of ... Dr. Hobart, bishop of New-York ... (New York, 1832)

Journal of the visitation of the diocese of Toronto (Upper Canada) in the summer of 1840 (1841)

The petition of John, by divine permission bishop of Toronto, to the honourable the Legislative Assembly of Canada, April 13th, 1849 (1849)

Pastoral letter to the clergy and laity of the diocese of Toronto (1850)

An address to the members of the Church of England,from the bishop of Toronto, in behalf of the Upper Canada Church University (1850)

Church university of Upper Canada: pastoral letter from the lord bishop of Toronto to the clergy and laity of the diocese of Toronto (1850)

Pastoral letter to the clergy and laity of the diocese of Toronto, on the subject of the university ... (1850)

The report of the bishop of Toronto, to the Most Hon. the Duke of Newcastle, her majesty's secretary of state for the colonies, on the subject of the colonial church (1853)

A pastoral letter to the laity of the diocese of Toronto (1861)

Second Bishop of Quebec.

Charles James Stewart was born in 1775 in Wigtonshire, Scotland, attended Corpus Christi College and becoming a Fellow of All Souls College in 1795. He obtained a B.A. from Oxford University in 1795, then an M.A. in 1799. He was ordained deacon in 1798, and priest in 1799. He was Rector of Orton Longueville, with St. Botolph Bridge in Huntingdonshire, England from 1798 to 1807, then became a Missionary to St. Armand, Quebec until 1815. He was instrumental in organizing relief work for those affected by the war of 1812. From 1815 to 1817, he lived in England on furlough, obtaining an honourary D.D. (1816) from Oxford during this time. In 1817, he returned to Quebec as a missionary, this time to Hatley, and in 1819, became a travelling missionary throughout Ontario and Quebec. He was consecrated Bishop of Quebec in 1826, and passed away in 1837 in London, England.