Gray, Henry Allen

First Bishop of Edmonton.

Henry Allen Gray was born in Kilburn, England in 1863, and educated in Ramsgate, England. In 1895, he graduated from the University of Manitoba with a B.A., and was ordained deacon in Calgary, Alberta. He was curate of Holy Trinity Church in South Edmonton, and was ordained priest in 1896, at which point he became incumbent of his church until 1897. He then served as rector of Edmonton until 1914. During this time, he also held the position of Chaplain to the Bishop of Calgary (1903 - 1914); archdeacon on Edmonton (1907 - 1914); was appointed honourary captain and chaplain of the 19th Alberta Dragoons (1908); and was appointed by the Provincial Government of Alberta to be judge of Juvenile Court at Edmonton (1909). He was consecrated Bishop of Edmonton in 1914, and received an honourary D.D. from St. John's College, Winnipeg. He also received an honourary LL.D. from the University of Alberta in 1815, and was appointed honourary major of the 19th Alberta Dragoons in 1921. He resigned in 1931, and passed away in 1939.