Sherman, Louis Ralph

Second Bishop of Calgary; Fifth Metropolitan of Rupert's Land (sixth Bishop and fifth Archbishop of Rupert's Land).

Louis Ralph Sherman was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick in 1886. He obtained a L.S.T. from the University of Bishop's College in 1901, a B.A. from the University of New Brunswick in 1907, a B.A. from Oxford University in 1911, a B.Litt. from Oxford in 1914, and an M.A. from the University of New Brunswick in 1915. He was ordained deacon in 1912 in London, England, and priest in 1913. He was curate of Christ Church Oxford Mission, St. Frideswides, Poplar E. from 1912 to 1913, followed by Christ Church Oxford Mission, Christ Church, Notting Hill from 1913 to 1914, and finally Trinity Church, Saint John, New Brunswick from 1914 to 1916. He was priest in charge of Trinity Church from 1916 to 1917, then moved to Ontario to become rector of Holy Trinity Church in Toronto until 1925. He was Canon of Cathedral Church St. Albans the Martyr, Toronto in 1922, and became rector of Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity in Quebec from 1925 to 1927, as well as Dean of Quebec. He was consecrated Bishop of Calgary in 1927, and received an honourary D.D. from the University of Bishop's College, Lennoxville. In 1943, he was elected Metropolitan and Archbishop of Rupert's Land,, and in 1949, he received an honourary D.D. from the University of Manitoba. He passed away in Brandon, Manitoba in 1953.