Williams, David

Fourth Bishop of Huron; Third Metropolitan of Ontario (and Archbishop of Huron).

David Williams was born in Silian, Wales in 1859. He attended Oxford University, obtaining a B.A. in 1883. He was ordained deacon in 1885, and priest in 1886. He was curate first of Festiniog, with Maentwrog, Merions, in Wales, from 1885 to 1887, then of St. John's Chapter House, in London, Ontario, from 1887 to 1888. He was professor of Mathematics and Classics at Huron College for five years, beginning in 1887, and curate of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, Ontario from 1888 to 1892. He received another B.A. from Oxford in 1890, and an M.A. in 1901. He was Rector of St. James Church, Stratford, Ontario from 1892 to 1904, and Archdeacon of Perth from 1903 to 1905. In 1905, he was consecrated Bishop of Huron, and received an honourary D.D. from Western University. In the years that followed, he received another two honourary degrees - an LL.D. from Trinity University in 1907, and a D.C.L. from the University of Bishop's College in 1922. In 1924, he was appointed to Episcopal Canonry of Gerizim, in the Cathedral Collegiate Church of St. George the Martyr, in Jerusalem. Finally, he was elected President of the House of Bishops in 1926, and became Metropolitan of Ontario and Archbishop of Huron. He passed away in 1931.