Pinkham, William Cyprian

Second Bishop of Saskatchewan (with Calgary); First Bishop of Calgary.

William Cyprian Pinkham was born in St. John's Newfoundland in 1844, and was educated privately and at the Church of England Academy in St. John's. He married Jean Anne Drever in 1868, and was ordained deacon that same year in London, Ontario. He was incumbent of St. James, Manitoba from 1868 to 1882, and was ordained priest in 1869. In 1871, he became Superintendent of Education for Protestant Schools of Manitoba, a post he held until 1883. He was granted an honourary B.D. from Lambeth in 1879, and was a founding member of the Manitoba Historical Society. He was secretary of the Diocesan Synod of Rupert's Land from 1881 to 1887, as well as Canon of St. John's Cathedral in Winnipeg and Examining Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Rupert's Land. He was also acting Rector of All Saints' Church in Winnipeg from 1883 to 1884. He was consecrated Bishop of Saskatchewan in 1887, and received two honourary degrees, including a D.D. from St. John's College, University of Manitoba; and a D.C.L. from Trinity University, Toronto. He was also made an honourary fellow of St. Augustine's College in Canterbury. In 1888, he was also appointed to the See of Calgary, thus becoming the Shop of Saskatchewan and Calgary. He resigned the See of Saskatchewan in 1809, but remained Bishop of Calgary until he resigned in 1926. In 1909, he received an honourary D.C.L. from the University of Alberta. He passed away in 1928.