James D. Gillis was a teacher and poet from Inverness County, Nova Scotia. He books and poetry, notably The Cape Breton Giant: A Truthful Memoir in 1898. Other works of his included Modern English: "Leave the Old to Old" (1904) and The Great Election (1915 or 1916). He passed away in 1965.
Keith Graham was an architect from Fox River, Nova Scotia. He designed multiple buildings in the Halifax Regional Municipality, including the Halifax North End Library, the Nova Scotia Archives, and the Halifax Police Department Headquarters.
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.
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.
Coadjutor Bishop of Nova Scotia; Seventh Bishop of Nova Scotia; Tenth Metropolitan of Canada.
John HacKenley was born in Colne, England, in 1877, and educated at Rothesay Collegiate School in New Brunswick, Canada. He obtained a B.A. from the University of King's College in Windsor, Nova Scotia in 1904, and was ordained deacon in Halifax that same year. He was curate of Digby Neck, Nova Scotia from 1904 to 1905, and ordained priest in 1905. From there, he was rector of Granville (1905 - 1908); St. Peter's, St. Margaret's Bay (1908 - 1916); LaHave (1916 - 1922); and St. John the Baptist in North Sydney (1922 - 1924). He was consecrated Bishop (Coadjutor) in 1925, and received a D.D. (jure dignitatis) from the University of King's College, which had by that point moved to Halifax. He became Bishop in 1934, then Metropolitan of Canada and Archbishop of Nova Scotia in 1939. He passed away in 1943.
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.
Coadjutor Bishop of Qu' Appelle; Fourth Bishop of Qu' Appelle; Fourth Metropolitan of Rupert's Land.
Malcolm Taylor McAdam Harding was born in Hertfordshore, England, in 1864. He was ordained deacon in Brockville, Ontario in 1888, and served his curacy there at Trinity Church until 1889, when he ordained priest in Kingston. He then served there as Curate of the Cathedral Church of St. George until 1892. From 1893 to 1904, he became Rector of Brandon, Manitoba, where he also was appointed honourary captain and chaplain of the 12th Manitoba Dragoons from 1900 to 1905. In 1903, he became Archdeacon of Assiniboia, Indian Head, Saskatchewan, as well as Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Qu'Appelle in 1904. He held both positions until 1909, when he was consecrated as Bishop (coadjutor) of Qu'Appelle. He succeeded to the See in 1911, and became the Metropolitan of Rupert's Land in 1934. He resigned in 1943 and passed away in 1949. He was granted an honourary D.D. from St. John's College in 1906.