Dart, John

Second Bishop of New Westminster.

John Dart was born in Ilfracombe, North Devon in 1837. He was ordained deacon in 1859 in Colombo, Ceylon (modern day Sri Lanka), and was the warden of St. Thomas' College there until 1865. In 1860 he was ordained priest, and from 1862 to 1865 he was Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Colombo. In 1865, he became the Priest in Charge at St. Faith's, Stoke Newington, England. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts from Oxford University in 1867, and a Master of Arts in 1871. From 1870 to 1875 he was the Vice-Principal and Science Lecturer at St. Peter's College in Peterborough, England. He then moved to Nova Scotia, Canada to take up the position of President at the University of King's College in Windsor, Nova Scotia in 1875, a position he held until 1885. He also became a canon of St. Luke's Cathedral in Halifax during this time. From 1885 to 1895, he was the Organizing Secretary of the Diocese of Manchester in England, and in 1895, he was consecrated as Bishop of New Westminster, British Columbia. He was granted an honourary D.C.L. from the University of King's College in 1878, as well as an honourary D.D. from Oxford in 1895. He passed away in 1910.