Schofield, Charles De Veber

Fifth Bishop of British Columbia.

Charles De Veber Schofield was born in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1871. He obtained a B.A. from the University of King's College, Windsor, Nova Scotia in 1895, and was ordained deacon in England in 1896, then priest in 1898. He was curate of Parish Church, Portsea, England from 1896 to 1899. He gained two M.A.s from the University of King's College, one in 1899 and one in 1900, and from 1899 to 1904 he was Rector of Hampton, New Brunswick. He then moved to Sydney, Nova Scotia to become the Rector of Christ Church there, where he stayed until 1907, when he became the Dean of Fredericton, New Brunswick. He received an honourary D.D. from the University of King's College in 1910, and in 1915, crossed the country to become the Dean of Columbia and rector of Christ Church Cathedral in Victoria, British Columbia. In 1916, he was consecrated Bishop of British Columbia, which he remained in until his death in 1936.