Broughall, Lewis Wilmot Bovell

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.