Fuller, Thomas Brock

First Bishop of Niagara.

Thomas Brock Fuller was born in Kingston, Ontario in 1810, and educated in Hamilton, York, and Quebec. He received a scholarship from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in 1828, and was ordained deacon in 1833. He was assistant minister of Christ Church in Montreal from 1833 to 1835, and was ordained priest in 1835. He married Cynthia Street, and the couple had nine children. He was curate of Adolphustown, Ontario from 1835 to 1836, then missionary in Chatham until 1840. He served as rector of Thorold, Ontario from 1840 to 1861. During his time as a rector, he published sermons, compiled the Canadian agricultural reader, became the first president of the Thorold mechanics' institute, as well as vice president of the Thorold Township Agricultural Society. He then became rector of St. George's Church in Toronto from 1861 to 1875, and was the vice-president of the Church of England Evangelical Association in 1868. He was consecrated Bishop of Niagara in 1875, and passed away in Hamilton, Ontario in 1884. He received two honourary degrees - one S.T.D. from Hobart Collage, New York in 1856, and one D.C.L. from University of Trinity College in 1857.