Serie 59 - Jervois Arthur Newnham correspondence

Second Bishop of Moosonee; Third Bishop of Saskatchewan.

Jervois Arthur Newnham was born in 1852 in Combe Down Vicarage, Somerset, England, and was educated at Bath College, England; the Diocesan Theological College in Montreal, Canada; and at McGill University, Montreal. He obtained a B.A. from McGill in 1878, and was ordained deacon that same year, then priest in 1880. He was Incumbent of Church of St. John the Evangelist in Onslow, Quebec from 1878 to 1882, then Curate of Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal until 1886. He received an M.A. from McGill in 1883. He became Rector of St. Matthias' Church in Westmount, Quebec in 1886, then travelled to Moose Factory in 1890 as a Missionary. He was consecrated Bishop of Moosonee in Winnipeg in 1893, and received an honourary D.D. from St. John's College. In 1903, he was translated to the See of Saskatchewan, and in 1908 and 1921 received honourary D.D.s from Emmanuel College, University of Saskatchewan and McGill, respectively. He resigned from the See of Saskatchewan in 1921, and became Rector of All Saint's Church in Clifton, England. He passed away in 1941.