Du Vernet, Frederick Herbert

Second Bishop of Caledonia; First Metropolitan of British Columbia.

Frederick Herbert Du Vernet was born in Hemmingford, Quebec in 1860. He was educated at Clarenceville Academy, Quebec; at the University of King's College, Nova Scotia; and at the University of Toronto, Ontario. In 1883, he was ordained deacon, and spent his curacy in St. James the Apostle in Montreal, until he was ordained priest in 1884, and moved to be the curate of St. Paul's Church in Toronto, Ontario. From 1885 to 1895, he was a Professor of Practical Theology at Wycliffe College, and became assistant chaplain there from 1892 to 1895. While there, he completed a B.D., being admitted to the degree in 1893. He was the editor of the Canadian Church Missionary Gleaner from 1894 to 1901, and served as secretary-treasurer for the Canadian Church Missionary Society from 1895 to 1902. He was rector of St. John's Church in Toronto from 1895 to 1904, and associate editor of New Era from 1901 to 1904. He was consecrated Bishop of Caledonia in 1904. During his time as Bishop, he was also the president of the Anglican Theological College of British Columbia, as well as the House of Bishops of the Province of British Columbia. He became the Metropolitan of British Columbia and Archbishop of Caledonia in 1915. He received a honourary D.D. (1904) from the University of King's College, as well as the University of Trinity College (1904) and Wycliffe College (1921). He passed away in 1924.