Seager, Charles Allen

Fourth Bishop of Ontario; Fifth Bishop of Huron; Seventh Metropolitan of Ontario.

Charles Allen Seager was born in 1872 in Goderich, Ontario, and attended Trinity University in Toronto, Ontario, where he received a B.A. in 1895 and an M.A. in 1896. He was ordained deacon that same year, and became curate of St. Thomas' Church, Toronto. In 1897, he was ordained priest, and became rector of St. Cyprian's Church, Toronto, where he stayed until 1911, when he moved to Vernon, British Columbia, and became rector there. He stayed in Vernon for only a year, becoming principal of St. Mark's Hall in Vancouver. He was granted an honourary D.D. from Trinity University in 1914, and in 1917, became rector of St. Matthew's Church, Toronto. He was made Canon and Chancellor of Cathedral Church of St. Alban's the Martyr, Toronto, in 1920, as well as Provost and Vice-Chancellor of Trinity University in 1921. He remained in these posts until 1926, when he was consecrated Bishop of Ontario. He also received another honourary degree in 1922, this time a LL.D. from the University of Toronto. In 1932, he was translated to the See of Huron, and in 1943, he was elected Metropolitan of Ontario and Archbishop of Huron. He passed away in 1948.