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Coadjutor Bishop of Toronto; Second Bishop of Toronto.

Alexander Neil Bethune was born in Charlottenburg, near Cornwall, Ontario in 1800. He was ordained deacon in 1823 in Quebec, and became an incumbent in Grimsby, Ontario until 1827. He was ordained priest in 1824, and became the rector of Cobourg, Ontario from 1827 to 1867, and was the editor of The Church newspaper from 1837 to 1841, and again from 1843 to 1847. He was also Chaplain to the Bishop of Toronto from 1839 to 1867, as well as the President of the Theological Seminary in Cobourg from 1841 to 1846. In 1847, he received an honourary Doctorate of Divinity from University and King's College, Aberdeen. He was the Archdeacon of York from 1847 to 1867. He received an honourary Doctor of Civil of Law degree from the University of Trinity College, Toronto in 1857, and married Jane Eliza, with whom he had ten children. In 1866, he was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Toronto, then was consecrated Bishop of Niagara in 1867, and succeeded to the See of Toronto. He passed away in 1878 in Toronto, Ontario.

Craven Langstroth Betts was born in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1853, and lived in Staten Island, New York City, USA. He wrote and published poetry and poetry collections such as The Perfume Holder, A Garland of Sonnets, The Two Captains, and Tales of a Garrison Town New York. He died in 1941 in California, USA.

Coadjutor Bishop of Ontario; Third Bishop of Ontario; Assistant Bishop of Canterbury, England.

Edward John Bidwell was born in 1866 in Suffolk, England and educated in Berkshire. He received his Bachelor of Arts in 1889 from Oxford University, and became an Assistant Master at Leamington College from 1890 to 1894. He was ordained deacon in 1891, then priest in 1892. He received his Master of Arts from Oxford in 1894. He was then Headmaster of Leamington College Preparatory School until 1897, headmaster of King's School in Peterborough, England from 1897 to 1903, and headmaster of Bishop's College School in Lennoxville, Quebec from 1903 to 1909. He received an honourary Doctor of Civil Law from the University of Bishops' College in Lennoxville Quebec in 1907, and then an honourary Doctor of Divinity from the University of Bishop's College, as well as another honourary D.D. from the University of Trinity College in Toronto, Ontario in 1909. He was Rector of Kingston, Ontario and the Dean of Ontario from 1909 - 1913, and received another honourary D.D. from Queen's University in Kingston. He was consecrated Bishop of Kingston in 1912, and succeeded to the See of Ontario in 1917. He resigned in 1926, and passed away in 1941.

Fourth Bishop of Nova Scotia.

Hibbert Binney was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia in 1819, and educated at King's College, London. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Oxford University in 1842, and ordained deacon that same year. He was a lecturer at Worcester College, Oxford from 1842 to 1846, and was ordained priest in 1843. He received his Master of Arts from Oxford in 1844, and became a Tutor at Worcester College from 1846 to 1858. He became the bursar of the college from 1848 to 1851. He was consecrated Bishop of Nova Scotia in 1851, and received an honourary Doctor of Divinity from Oxford that same year. He obtained a Doctor of Divinity from the University of King's College in Windsor, Nova Scotia in 1852, and married Mary Bliss in 1855. The couple had two sons and one daughter. He passed away in New York in 1887.

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.

Third Bishop of Montreal; Fifth Metropolitan of Canada; Second Primate of All Canada.

William Bennett Bond was born in Truro, Cornwall, in 1815. He moved to Newfoundland in the 1830s, at age 17. Initially, he worked in business, but after joining a bible class lead by Mark Willoughby, the superintendent of the Newfoundland School Society. He was ordained as a deacon in 1840 in Quebec, and as a priest in 1841. He worked as a missionary to the areas around Russelltown, Quebec from 1840 to 1842, then as Incumbent at Lachine, Quebec in 1842. He became the assistant minister at St. George's Church, Montreal in 1848, and also succeeded Willoughby, who had passed away, as the superintendent of the Newfoundland School Society. He became rector of St. George's in 1863, and remained there until 1878. He was also the rural dean of Hochelaga from 1864 onward; a canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal from 1866; domestic Chaplain to the bishop of Montreal from 1870, as well as archdeacon of Hochelaga; and finally, dean of Montreal from 1872. He received an honourary MA (1854) and D.D. (1901) from the University of Bishops' College in Montreal, and an honourary LL.D (1870) from McGill University. He was consecrated Bishop of Montreal in 1879, and was Metropolitan of Canada in 1901, then as Primate of All Canada in 1904. He passed away in Montreal in 1906.

Sixth Bishop of Niagara.

Lewis Wilmot Bovell Broughall was born in 1876 in Toronto, Ontario. He received a BA (1897) and MA (1898) from the University of Trinity College in Toronto, and was ordained deacon in 1899, then priest in 1900. He was a missionary in Minden, Ontario from 1899 to 1901, and then Incumbent in Hagersville, Ontario from 1901 - 1903. He was curate of All Saints' in South Wimbledon, England (1903 - 1905) and of Cathedral Church of St. James in Toronto (1905 - 1907), then rector of Oakville, Ontario (1907 - 1911) and of St. George's Church in St. Catherine's (1911 - 1925). During this time, he was also a canon of Church's Church Cathedral in Hamilton, from 1916 to 1925, then was the rector from 1925 to 1933, as well as the Dean of Niagara. In 1933, he was consecrated Bishop of Niagara, a post he held until 1949, when he resigned. He received honourary D.D.'s from the University of Trinity College (1926) and from Wycliffe College at the University of Toronto (1933). He passed away in 1958.

Charles Bruce was born in Port Shoreham, Nova Scotia, in 1906 to Sarah Jane Tory and William Henry Bruce. He attended Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick, during which time he struck up a correspondence with poet and journalist Andrew Merkel. He worked as editor for the Argosy during his time at school, then was able to get a job with the Halifax Morning Chronicle after graduating in 1927, during which time he met his wife, Agnes King, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. From 1928 onward, he worked for the Canadian Press, first in Halifax, then in Toronto, Ontario. During his career there, he was an editor, a war correspondent during the Second World War, and eventually, general superintendent. He published multiple books of poetry and one novel, and his poems appeared in various magazines. His book of poems, The Mulgrave Road, won the Governor General’s award for English-language poetry or drama in 1951, and he was awarded an honourary Doctor of Letters from Mount Allison University in 1952. He retired in 1963, and passed away in 1971. He and his wife had four children, including Harry Bruce, who was also an accomplished writer.

Sixth Bishop of Saskatchewan.

Walter Burd was born in Cork, Ireland in 1888, and was educated primarily at military schools in Colchester, England, and Athlone, Ireland, then attended secondary school and university in Sheffield, England. From 1914 to 1919, he served with 28th Battalion Canadian Expeditionary Force and 4th Worcesters (Imperial). He was granted the Distinguished Conduct Medal in 1916 by King George V, and married Elizabeth Millington (d.1937) in Sheffield in 1918. The couple had two sons and one daughter. He was a student at Eycliffe College from 1919 to 1920, and General Secretary of the Brotherhood of St. Andrew in Canada from 1920 to 1922. He was ordained deach in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan in 1922, and then priest in Saskatoon that same year. He was a curate in Tisdale, Saskatchewa, then a rector from 1922 to 1926. In 1923, he became the Rural Dean of Melfort, Saskatchewan, and in 1926, a canon and precentor of St. Alban's Cathedral in Prince Albert until 1929, when he was made Archdeacon. In 1933, he was consecrated Bishop of Saskatchewan, and granted honourary D.D.'s from Wycliffee College and from the University of Emmanuel College in Saskatoon. He married Florence Marian Traill in 1939. That same year, he resigned the See of Saskatchewan and passed away in British Columbia.