Series 5 - Maurice Scollard Baldwin correspondence

Third Bishop of Huron.

Maurice Scollard was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1836. He received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Trinity College in 1859, and became a curate at St. Thomas' Church in St. Thomas in 1860. He was ordained priest in 1861, and married that same year. His wife, Maria Ermatinger, passed away in 1863. In 1862, he received a Master of Arts from the University of Trinity College, and became the Incumbent at St. Paul's Church in Port Dover, Ontario, until 1865. He was then the rector at St. Luke's Church in Montreal, Quebec from 1865 to 1870. He married Sarah Jessie Day in 1870, and became the curate of Christ Church Cathedral in Montreal, as well as honourary canon (1870 - 1882). He was the rector of Christ Church Cathedral in Montreal from 1872 to 1883. He was known as a great evangelical preacher who would often preach three times on a Sunday. In 1882, he received an honourary Doctor of Divinity from the University of Trinity College, and became the Dean of Montreal. He was consecrated Bishop of Huron in 1883, a position he kept until he passed away in 1904, in London, Ontario.