Charles de Veber Schofield (14 July 1871 – 12 July 1936) was an eminent Anglican priest in the first half of the 20th century.

Bishop Charles D. Schofield

He was educated at Windsor, Nova Scotia and Edinburgh Theological College[1] and ordained deacon in 1897[2] and priest in 1898.[3] After a curacy at St Mary's, Portsea, Portsmouth he was Rector of Hampton, New Brunswick[4] then Sydney, Nova Scotia. After this he was Dean of Fredericton (1907–1915)[5] and then in 1916 Dean of Columbia, based in Victoria, British Columbia.[6] A year later he became the Bishop of British Columbia, a position he held for twenty years.[7] At some point, he became a Doctor of Divinity.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  2. ↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
  3. ↑ "Ordinations. London". The Times. No. 35535. 6 June 1898. p. 12, col. D.
  4. ↑ "Ecclesiastical Intelligence". The Times. No. 37590. 29 December 1904. p. 8, col. C.
  5. ↑ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 305.
  6. ↑ British Columbia Archival Union List
  7. ↑ "Ecclesiastical News New Bishop to replace Dr Schofield". The Times. No. 47430. 18 July 1936. p. 8, col. F.
  8. ↑ "Portrait - National Portrait Gallery". Retrieved 18 January 2017.


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