Worrell, Clarendon Lamb

Sixth Bishop of Nova Scotia; Eighth Metropolitan of Canada (and Archbishop of Nova Scotia); Acting Primate of All Canada; Fifth Primate of All Canada.

Clarendon Lamb Worrell was born in Smith Falls, Ontario in 1853. He received a B.A. from the University of Trinity College, Toronto in 1873, and became a teacher of mathematics at Bishop's College School. In 1874, he obtained a B.A. from the University of Bishop's College, Lennoxville, Quebec, and went on to be a master at Hellmuth College, London (1875), a teacher at Wentworth School, Hamilton (1876), and a mathematical master at Collegiate Institute, Cobourg (1877). In 1878, her entered Divinity School at Trinity College, and was ordained deacon in 1881. From there, he was curate of Christ's Church in Gananoque for a year, then of Holy Trinity Church in Brockville for two years. He received an M.A. from the University of Trinity College in 1883, and was ordained priest in 1884. He became rector of Williamsburg in 1884, then of Morrisburg in 1886. He received an honourary D.C.L. from the University of Trinity College in 1888, and became professor of English Literature at the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario from 1891 to 1904. He was Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Ontario from 1896 to 1901, and Archdeacon on Ontario from 1901 to 1904. He became Rector of St. Luke's Church, Kingston in 1903, and was consecrated Bishop of Nova Scotia in 1904. He then became Metropolitan of Canada in 1915; Acting Primate of All Canada in 1930; and finally Primate of All Canada in 1931. He passed away in 1934.

Other honourary degrees received by Worrell included two D.D.s, one from the University of King's College, Windsor, Nova Scotia in 1905, and one from the University of Bishop's College in 1913; and a D.C.L. from the University of Bishop's College in 1916.