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Third Bishop of British Columbia; Second Bishop of Ottawa; Fifth Metropolitan of Ontario.

John Charles Roper was born in Sussex, England in 1858, and educated in Kent. He attended Oxford University, obtaining a B.A. in 1881, and an M.A. in 1884. He was ordained deacon in 1882, and served as curate of All Saints, Herstmonceux in Sussex, until 1883, when he was ordained priest. From 1883 to 1885, he was Chaplain and Theological Lecturer at Brasenose College, Oxford, then became Keble Professor of Divinity at the University of Trinity College in Toronto, Ontario in 1885. He received an honourary M.A. from University of Trinity College in 1886, and an honourary L.H.D. from Hobart College in Geneva in 1887. From 1888 to 1897, he was Vicar of St. Thomas' Church, Toronto, then returned to teaching as Professor of Dogmatic Theology at the General Theological Seminary in New York. He received an honourary D.D. from this school in 1898. In 1912, he was Consecrated Bishop of British Columbia, and was made honourary captain and chaplain of the 88th Regiment, Victoria Fusiliers in 1913. In 1915, he was translated to the See of Ottawa, where he stayed until he was elected Metropolitan of Ontario in 1933. He resigned the See in 1939, and passed away in 1940. He received various other honourary degrees while he was Bishop, including a D.D. (1913) from Oxford; a D.D. (1914) from University of Trinity College; a D.C.L. (1916) from the University of King's College in Windsor, Nova Scotia; and a D.D. (1917) from the University of Bishop's College in Lennoxville, Quebec.

Second Bishop of Montreal; Second Metropolitan of Canada.

Ashton Oxenden was born in Barnham, Canterbury, England. He obtained a B.A. from Oxford University in 1831, and was ordained deacon in 1832 at Lambeth Palace Chapel, then priest in 1833. He was curate of Barham, Kent, England from 1832 to 1838. In 1838, his clerical duties were suspended due to poor health. In 1847, he was able to return to work, and became curate of Silsoe, Bedfordshire, England, then in 1848, he became rector of Pluckley, with Pevington, Kent, England, where he remained until 1869. He received an M.A. from Oxford in 1859, and married Sarah Bradshaw in 1864. He was consecrated Bishop of Montreal in 1869, and received an honourary D.D. from Oxford. He also received an honourary D.D. from University of Bishop's College, Lennoxville, Quebec in 1871. He also wrote My First Year in Canada to raise funds for the diocese. He resigned as Bishop in 1878, and became Chaplain of Christ Church in Cannes, France until 1879. He then returned to England to become Vicar in Hackington, Kent until 1885. From 1885 onward, he lived in England for four months of the year, and then in Biarritz, France for the rest of time. He assisted the chaplain there, and published lectures as the Barham Tracts and the Pluckley Tracts. In all, he published 116 pamphlets, and wrote The History of My Life in 1891. These writings were popular and sold very well. He passed away in 1892 in Biarritz, France.

First Bishop of Caledonia.

William Ridley was born in 1836 in Brixham, Devon, and was educated privately and in Islington. He was ordained deacon in St. Marylebone, England in 1866, then priest in Agra, India in 1867. From 1866 to 1870, he was a missionary with the Church Missionary Society, travelling to Peshawur and Afghanistan. From 1870-71 he was the English Chaplain in Dresden, Saxony, and from 1872 to 1879, held three consecutive vicarages in Yorkshire. In 1879, he was consecrated Bishop of Caledonia, and received an honourary D.D. from Lambeth. During his tenure, he travelled throughout the Diocese by boat and steamer (specifically, the Evangeline) and translated Gospels, Psalms, and the New Testament into the Tsimshian language. He resigned the See of Caledonia in 1904, and spend 1904 to 1908 visiting foreign missions. He became Rector of Compton Valence in Dorchester, England in 1908, where he died in 1911.

Coadjutor Bishop of Algoma; Fourth Bishop of Algoma.

Rocksborough Remington Smith was born in Brighton, England in 1872. He obtained a B.A. from the University of London in 1893, as well as one from Cambridge University in 1899. He was ordained deacon in 1900, then priest in 1901. He was curate of St. Cyprian's Church in Ordsall, Salford, England, and a lecturer at Ordsall Hall from 1900 - 1901. From 1901 to 1903, he was Vice-Principal of Salisbury Theological College, and in 1903 obtained an M.A. from Cambridge. From 1903 to 1905, he was Principal of the Clergy House in Wimbledon, then was curate of Bury, England until 1909. In 1909, he became the Principal of the Diocesan High School in Rangoon, Burma (now called Yangon, Myanmar). He was captain of the Rangoon Volunteer Rifles from 1910 to 1914, and in 1914 returned to England to become Vicar of Dorset. In 1921, he moved to Quebec, Canada to become the Dean of Divinity and Harrold Professor at the University of Bishop's College in Lennoxville. From 1922 to to 1926 he was Vice Principal of the university, and in 1924, became Examining Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Quebec. In 1925, he received an honourary D.D. from the University of King's College, Halifax, Nova Scotia, and in 1926, was elected Bishop Coadjutor of Algoma. He succeeded to the See in 1927, and resigned in 1939. He passed away in 1955.

Third Bishop of Yukon; Sixth Bishop of Athabasca.

Arthur Henry Sovereign was born in Woodstock, Ontario in 1881, and obtained a B.A. from the University of Toronto in 1905, then an M.A. in 1906. He was ordained deacon in 1906, becoming curate of Christ Church Cathedral in Vancouver until 1909. He was ordained priest in 1907. From 1909 to 1932, he held the position of Rector at St. Mark's Church, Vancouver. In 1910, he obtained a B.D., by examination of the Board of Examiners, recognized by the Provincial Synod of the Church of England in the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada, as well as a L.Th. from Wycliffe College. He lectured in Theology at the Vancouver Theological College from 1910 to 1914, and became a fellow of the Royal Geographic Society in 1923. He was Commissary in Canada for the Bishop of the Yukon from 1927 to 1932, and Canon of Church Church Cathedral from 1929 to 1932. In 1931, he received an honourary D.D. from Wycliffe College, and in 1932, he was consecrated Bishop of the Yukon, then was translated to the See of Athabasca. He resigned in 1950, and passed away in Vernon, British Columbia in 1966.

Fourth Bishop of Ontario; Fifth Bishop of Huron; Seventh Metropolitan of Ontario.

Charles Allen Seager was born in 1872 in Goderich, Ontario, and attended Trinity University in Toronto, Ontario, where he received a B.A. in 1895 and an M.A. in 1896. He was ordained deacon that same year, and became curate of St. Thomas' Church, Toronto. In 1897, he was ordained priest, and became rector of St. Cyprian's Church, Toronto, where he stayed until 1911, when he moved to Vernon, British Columbia, and became rector there. He stayed in Vernon for only a year, becoming principal of St. Mark's Hall in Vancouver. He was granted an honourary D.D. from Trinity University in 1914, and in 1917, became rector of St. Matthew's Church, Toronto. He was made Canon and Chancellor of Cathedral Church of St. Alban's the Martyr, Toronto, in 1920, as well as Provost and Vice-Chancellor of Trinity University in 1921. He remained in these posts until 1926, when he was consecrated Bishop of Ontario. He also received another honourary degree in 1922, this time a LL.D. from the University of Toronto. In 1932, he was translated to the See of Huron, and in 1943, he was elected Metropolitan of Ontario and Archbishop of Huron. He passed away in 1948.

First Bishop of New Westminster.

Acton Windeyer Sillitoe was born in 1840 in Sydney, Australia, and educated at King's College School in London, England. He attended Cambridge University, obtained a B.A. in 1862 and marrying Violet E. (last name unknown). In 1866, he obtained an M.A., and three years later was ordained deacon in Wolverhampton, England. He was curate of Brierley Hill, Staffordshire from 1869 to 1871, and was ordained priest in 1870. He went on to be curate of All Saints' in Wolverhampton for two years, then of Ellenbrook, England for three years. He travelled to Geneva, Switzerland in 1876 to become the British Chaplain there for a year, then to Darmstadt, Germany in 1877 to be the Chaplain to the British Legation and to H. R. H. Princess Alice. In 1879, he became the rector of Holy Trinity Church in New Westminster, British Columbia, and was consecrated Bishop of New Westminster. He received an honourary D.D. from Cambridge, and in 1893, an honourary D.C.L. from the University of Trinity College, Toronto. He passed away in 1894.

Fourth Bishop of British Columbia.

Augustine Scriven was born in Spernall, Warwickshire, England in 1850. In 1870, he was a Dyke Scholar at St. Mary's Hall in Oxford University, and he obtained a B.A. in 1873. He was ordained deacon in 1875 in Manchester, then priest in 1876. He was the curate of Kirkham, Lancashire from 1875 to 1878, then held three more curacies in Kent, Devon, and Rochester between 1879 and 1884, before becoming Rector of St. James' Church in Victoria, British Columbia in 1884, a post he held until 1895. He was made an honourary canon of Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria at the same time (until 1905), as well as Archdeacon of Vancouver (until 1915). He was granted an M.A. in absentia in 1888. In 1915, he was consecrated Bishop of British Columbia, and was granted an honourary D.D. from Oxford in 1916. He passed away that year in Sandwick, British Columbia.

Owsley Robert Rowley was a Canadian banker, churchman, and author. He published two works, the first in 1907, titled The House of Bishops: portraits of the living archbishops and bishops of the Church of England in Canada, in order of consecration, with short historical notes concerning them and their dioceses, together with the portraits of the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Bishop of London and the first colonial bishop, and the second in 1928, titled The Anglican episcopate of Canada and Newfoundland (which also had three supplements published, the latest in 2008).

Rowley was born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in 1858, and was educated there. He began a career in banking in 1884 at the the Bank of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, and would move on to work for the Merchants Bank of Canada and the Bank of British North America, until 1900. He would then work as an accountant for two years in Halifax, Nova Scotia, until he became an Inspector of branch returns in Montreal, Quebec in 1902. He was married to a woman named Mabel Treacher in 1905, in Windsor, Ontario, and would have a daughter named Grace. In 1912, he was promoted to Chief Inspector of branch returns, and in 1916, to Chief Inspector and Superintendent of eastern branches of the Bank of British North America, Montreal. In 1918, he became an Inspector of the Bank of Montreal, which had taken over the Bank of British North America.

Rowley was also a military man, having served from the 1880s to 1909 in the Canadian Militia. He was a Lieutenant with the 77th Wentworth Battallion in Dundas, Ontario, and served with the 13th Royal Regiment in Hamilton. From 1887 to 1902, he was part of the 66th Princess Louise Fusiliers in Halifax, and then was a Captain of the 5th Royal Scots of Canada in Montreal. From 1905 to 1909, he was honourary captain and paymaster, 2nd Regiment, Canadian Artillery in Montreal, and was awarded the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long officers' long service medal.

Rowley's involvement with the Anglican Church was similarly long-standing. He first became a people's warden of the Church of St. James the Apostle in Montreal, from 1905 to 1905, and then Rector's Warden from 1911 to 1912. He was Lay delegate to the Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Montreal from 1905 to 1932, and for two years was honourary secretary of the Diocese of the Arctic from 1933 to 1935. In 1934 and 1935, he was Lay delegate to the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada, representing the Diocese of the Arctic. Finally, from 1934 to the 1940s, he was a member of the executive council of the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada.

Owsley Robert Rowley passed away in November of 1949, from injuries sustained in a car accident.

Second Bishop of Algoma.

Edward Sullivan was born in Lurgan, Ireland in 1832, and received a B.A. from Trinity College Dublin in 1853, then an M.A. in 1858. He was ordained deacon that same year in London, Ontario, then priest in 1859. He was curate of St. George's Church, London Township, Ontario from 1858 to 1862. He married Mary Hutchinson in 1860, and was curate of St. George's Church in MOntreal from 1862 to 1868. In 1866, he married his second wife, Franis Mary Renaud, and the couple would go on to have five children. From 1868 to 1879, he was Rector of Trinity Church in Chicago, Illinois. He also received an honourary D.D. from the University of Chicago in 1873. He returned to Canada in 1879, becoming the Rector of St. George's Church, Montreal, and held this position until 1882, when he was consecrated Bishop of Algoma. He received an honourary D.C.L. from the University of Trinity College, Toronto. In 1883, he was elected to the See of Huron, but declined the election, and in 1896, he resigned the See of Algoma, becoming rector of Cathedral Church of St. James in Toronto. He passed away in 1899 in Toronto.