White, William Charles

Fifth Bishop of Newfoundland.

William Charles White was born in Trinity, Newfoundland in 1865. He attended Bishop Feild College in St. John's, Newfoundland, as well as St. Augustine's College in Canterbury. In 1888, he was ordained deacon in St. John's, and became Curate of Bonavista, Newfoundland. He was ordained priest in 1890, and worked as a missionary for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel at Fogo, Newfoundland until 1900. From 1900 to 1908, he was Rector of Heart's Content, then became rector, canon, and sub-dean of Cathedral Church of St. John the Baptist, Newfoundland until 1918. It was then that he was consecrated Bishop of Newfoundland, and received an honourary D.D. from the University of King's College, Windsor, Nova Scotia. A year later, he also received an honourary D.C.L. from the University of Bishop's College, Lennoxville, Quebec. He served as Bishop until his resignation in 1942, and passed away a year later in 1943.