Spencer, Aubrey George

First Bishop of Newfoundland; Bishop of Jamaica.

Aubrey George Spencer was born in London, England in 1795. He was ordained deacon in 1817, then priest in 1819. He was curate of Prittlewell, England from 1818 to 1819, then became a missionary in Newfoundland until 1822. He then travelled to Bermuda and became the Rector of Smiths and Hamilton, until 1825, when he became rector of Paget and Warwick, Bermuda, as well as Archdeacon on Bermuda, positions he held until 1839. He married Eliza Musson in 1825, and received an honourary D.D. from Oxford University. In 1827, he received an honourary D.C.L. from the University in King's College in Windsor, Nova Scotia, and published Sermons on various subjects. In 1839, he was consecrated Bishop of Newfoundland, and was translated to the See of Jamaica in 1843. He resided in Torquay, England from 1855 to 1872 due to poor health, and in 1867, published A brief account of the Church of England, its faith and worship: as shown by the Book of Common Prayer. During his life, he founded theological college in Newfoundland, laid the first stone of the Cathedral of St. John's, and helped to found 20 other churches. He passed away in 1872 in Torquay.