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Second Bishop of Athabasca.

Richard Young was born in South Park, South Lincolnshire, England in 1843. He obtained a B.A. from Cambridge University in 1868, and was ordained deacon in Worcester Cathedral that year. He served as curate of Halesowen, England from 1868 to 1869, and was then ordained priest in Coventry. He was vicar of Fulstow, England from 1869 to 1872, then joined the Church Missionary Society as the organizing secretary for West Yorkshire. He married Julia Hentsley Harrison in 1873, and would go on to have four children with her. In 1875, he became the Incumbent of St. Andrew's, Manitoba, where he stayed until 1884. In addition, he was appointed to the finance committee of the Diocese of Rupert's Land from 1877 to 1885. In 1884, he was consecrated Bishop of Athabasca when William Carpenter Bompas asked to have his diocese divided. During his tenure, he tried to ensure the diocese would be financially independent, and worked extensively to minister to First Nations people of the area. He established a printing press in 1892, so scriptures could be published in Cree and Beaver languages; he attempted, unsuccessfully, to learn these languages himself, and encouraged other clergy members to do the same; he even criticized the government in the way they dealt with First Nations people. For all of that, he still was unsure of First Nations people becoming clergy members, and he believed that those who were mixed indigenous and european were "corrupted." In 1903, he resigned the See of Athabasca, and retired to Liverpool, England, due to poor health. He passed away in Kent in 1905.

Richard Young received an honourary D.D. from St. John's College, Winnipeg in 1884, and an honourary D.C.L. from the University of Trinity College in 1893.

Sixth Bishop of Nova Scotia; Eighth Metropolitan of Canada (and Archbishop of Nova Scotia); Acting Primate of All Canada; Fifth Primate of All Canada.

Clarendon Lamb Worrell was born in Smith Falls, Ontario in 1853. He received a B.A. from the University of Trinity College, Toronto in 1873, and became a teacher of mathematics at Bishop's College School. In 1874, he obtained a B.A. from the University of Bishop's College, Lennoxville, Quebec, and went on to be a master at Hellmuth College, London (1875), a teacher at Wentworth School, Hamilton (1876), and a mathematical master at Collegiate Institute, Cobourg (1877). In 1878, her entered Divinity School at Trinity College, and was ordained deacon in 1881. From there, he was curate of Christ's Church in Gananoque for a year, then of Holy Trinity Church in Brockville for two years. He received an M.A. from the University of Trinity College in 1883, and was ordained priest in 1884. He became rector of Williamsburg in 1884, then of Morrisburg in 1886. He received an honourary D.C.L. from the University of Trinity College in 1888, and became professor of English Literature at the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario from 1891 to 1904. He was Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Ontario from 1896 to 1901, and Archdeacon on Ontario from 1901 to 1904. He became Rector of St. Luke's Church, Kingston in 1903, and was consecrated Bishop of Nova Scotia in 1904. He then became Metropolitan of Canada in 1915; Acting Primate of All Canada in 1930; and finally Primate of All Canada in 1931. He passed away in 1934.

Other honourary degrees received by Worrell included two D.D.s, one from the University of King's College, Windsor, Nova Scotia in 1905, and one from the University of Bishop's College in 1913; and a D.C.L. from the University of Bishop's College in 1916.

Constance Davies Woodrow was a poet living in Toronto, Ontario. Born in England in 1899, she moved to Canada in 1920, and began working for literary publications. She also sent poetry to be published by literary magazines, and published books of poetry such as The Celtic Heart (1929), and Captive, and Other Poems (1930). She worked at Albert Britnell Book Shop to support her husband, and passed away in 1937.

Sidney Williams was an American literary critic. He worked for the Boston Daily Advisor and the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Sixth Bishop of Quebec.

Lennox Waldron Williams was born in Lennoxville, Quebec in 1859, and educated there and in England. He obtained a B.A. from Oxford University in 1884, and was ordained deacon in 1885. He served as curate of St. Matthew's Church, Quebec from 1885 to 1887, and was ordained priest in 1886. He received an M.A. from Oxford in 1887. He also became rector of St. Matthew's Church that year, and remained until 1899, when he became rector of the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, as well as Dean of Quebec. Though he was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Ontario in 1900, he declined the election, and in 1915, was elected as Bishop of Quebec. He received an honourary D.D. from Oxford in 1920. He resigned from the See of Quebec in 1935, and passed away in 1958.

Fourth Bishop of Quebec.

James William Williams was born in Hants, England in 1825. He obtained a B.A. from Oxford University in 1851, and was ordained deacon in 1852. He served as curate first in High Wycombe, Bucks, and then in Huish Champflower, Somerset, and married Ann Maria Waldren in 1854. He became Assistant Master at Leamington College, Leamington that same year, and was ordained priest in 1855, staying in Leamington until 1857. He received an M.A. from Oxford in 1855 as well. From 1857 to 1863, he was Professor of Belles Lettres at the University of Bishop's College in Lennoxville, Quebec, and in 1863, he was consecrated Bishop of Quebec. He received an honourary D.D. from the University of Bishop's College. He passed away in 1892.

Edwin Williams was a staff member for the Canadian Press in the 1930s and 1940s.

Fourth Bishop of Huron; Third Metropolitan of Ontario (and Archbishop of Huron).

David Williams was born in Silian, Wales in 1859. He attended Oxford University, obtaining a B.A. in 1883. He was ordained deacon in 1885, and priest in 1886. He was curate first of Festiniog, with Maentwrog, Merions, in Wales, from 1885 to 1887, then of St. John's Chapter House, in London, Ontario, from 1887 to 1888. He was professor of Mathematics and Classics at Huron College for five years, beginning in 1887, and curate of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, Ontario from 1888 to 1892. He received another B.A. from Oxford in 1890, and an M.A. in 1901. He was Rector of St. James Church, Stratford, Ontario from 1892 to 1904, and Archdeacon of Perth from 1903 to 1905. In 1905, he was consecrated Bishop of Huron, and received an honourary D.D. from Western University. In the years that followed, he received another two honourary degrees - an LL.D. from Trinity University in 1907, and a D.C.L. from the University of Bishop's College in 1922. In 1924, he was appointed to Episcopal Canonry of Gerizim, in the Cathedral Collegiate Church of St. George the Martyr, in Jerusalem. Finally, he was elected President of the House of Bishops in 1926, and became Metropolitan of Ontario and Archbishop of Huron. He passed away in 1931.