Serie 48 - George Exton Lloyd correspondence

Fourth Bishop of Saskatchewan.

George Exton Lloyd was born in London, England, and was educated at St. John's College, London, and Wycliffe College, Toronto, Ontario. He enlisted with a volunteer regiment in England, the West Middlesex Rifles, and initially intended to become an officer in the army. However, he decided to become a priest in 1880 after hearing the Bishop of Rupert's Land speak, and left for Canada. While enrolled at Wycliffe College, he fought the Northwest Rebellion and was badly injured. He was ordained deacon in 1885 in Winnipeg, and priest in 1887 in Toronto. He was Incumbent of Sunderland, Ontario from 1885 to 1886. He was Chaplain of the Reformatory for Boys in Penetanguishene, Ontario from 1886 to 1890, then was the Rector of Rothesay, New Brunswick and the Principal of the Rothesay School for Boys from 1890 to 1898. He married in 1895, and was on sick leave from 1898 to 1800 in the Southern United States. He then did Deputation work for the Colonial and Continental Church Society until 1903, when he became Chaplain to the All-British Colony in Saskatchewan. From 1905 to 1909, he was General Superintendent of all white missions in the Diocese of Saskatchewan, as well as Archdeacon of Prince Albert until 1922. From 1908 to 1916, he was Principal of Emmanuel College in Saskatoon, and in 1916 became the Director of the Maple Leaf Fellowship, an organization that supplied British teachers to the Canadian Northwest. He was consecrated Bishop of Saskatchewan in 1922, and passed away in 1940.

He received several honourary degrees, including an M.A. (1892) from the University of New Brunswick; D.D. (1915) from St. John's College, University of Manitoba; a D.D. (ad eundem, 1915) from Emmanuel College, University of Saskatchewan; and a D.D. (1922) from Wycliffe College.