Stewart, Charles James

Second Bishop of Quebec.

Charles James Stewart was born in 1775 in Wigtonshire, Scotland, attended Corpus Christi College and becoming a Fellow of All Souls College in 1795. He obtained a B.A. from Oxford University in 1795, then an M.A. in 1799. He was ordained deacon in 1798, and priest in 1799. He was Rector of Orton Longueville, with St. Botolph Bridge in Huntingdonshire, England from 1798 to 1807, then became a Missionary to St. Armand, Quebec until 1815. He was instrumental in organizing relief work for those affected by the war of 1812. From 1815 to 1817, he lived in England on furlough, obtaining an honourary D.D. (1816) from Oxford during this time. In 1817, he returned to Quebec as a missionary, this time to Hatley, and in 1819, became a travelling missionary throughout Ontario and Quebec. He was consecrated Bishop of Quebec in 1826, and passed away in 1837 in London, England.