Smith, Rocksborough Remington

Coadjutor Bishop of Algoma; Fourth Bishop of Algoma.

Rocksborough Remington Smith was born in Brighton, England in 1872. He obtained a B.A. from the University of London in 1893, as well as one from Cambridge University in 1899. He was ordained deacon in 1900, then priest in 1901. He was curate of St. Cyprian's Church in Ordsall, Salford, England, and a lecturer at Ordsall Hall from 1900 - 1901. From 1901 to 1903, he was Vice-Principal of Salisbury Theological College, and in 1903 obtained an M.A. from Cambridge. From 1903 to 1905, he was Principal of the Clergy House in Wimbledon, then was curate of Bury, England until 1909. In 1909, he became the Principal of the Diocesan High School in Rangoon, Burma (now called Yangon, Myanmar). He was captain of the Rangoon Volunteer Rifles from 1910 to 1914, and in 1914 returned to England to become Vicar of Dorset. In 1921, he moved to Quebec, Canada to become the Dean of Divinity and Harrold Professor at the University of Bishop's College in Lennoxville. From 1922 to to 1926 he was Vice Principal of the university, and in 1924, became Examining Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Quebec. In 1925, he received an honourary D.D. from the University of King's College, Halifax, Nova Scotia, and in 1926, was elected Bishop Coadjutor of Algoma. He succeeded to the See in 1927, and resigned in 1939. He passed away in 1955.