Adams, Walter Robert

Walter Robert Adams was an the first Bishop of Cariboo, British Columbia; the second Bishop of Kootenay; and eventually the third Metropolitan of British Columbia. He was born in London, England in 1877, and became a deacon in 1901, then a priest in 1902. He worked in multiple dioceses in England, until becoming Priest-in-Charge in Baring, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1907. He worked as the Rector in Indian Head, Saskatchewan from 1909 - 1912 and was an honourary captain and Chaplain of the XVI Canadian Light Horse (garrisoned in Regina, Saskatchewan) during this time as well. In 1913, became the Assistant Secretary to the Archbishop of Canterbury's Western Canada Fund, and from 1915 to 1919, he was Assistant Chaplain and lecturer at St. Katherine's College, Tottenham, England. He was Chief Inspector of Diocesan Schools (Southwark) from 1919 to 1925. In 1925, he was consecrated the first Bishop of Cariboo at Kamloops, British Columbia, then was translated to the See of Kootenay in 1934. He became the Metropolitan of British Columbia and Archbishop of Kootenay in 1942, and was translated to the See of Yukon in 1947, and became the Acting Primate of All Canada. He resigned in 1952, and passed away in Vancouver in 1957.