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| name = Edwin Knowles |
| name = Edwin Hubert Knowles |
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| title = [[Bishop of Qu'Appelle]] |
| title = [[Bishop of Qu'Appelle]] |
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1874|6|7|df=y}} |
| birth_date = {{birth date|1874|6|7|df=y}} |
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| birth_place = Koskelle Estate, [[Badulla]], [[British Ceylon]] |
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1962|10|27|1874|6|7|df=y}} |
| death_date = {{death date and age|1962|10|27|1874|6|7|df=y}} |
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| death_place = [[Regina, Saskatchewan]], Canada |
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| father = Edwin Knowles |
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| mother = Martha Jane Bassett |
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'''Edwin Hubert Knowles''' (7 June 1874 – 27 October 1962) was an [[Anglican]] [[bishop]]<ref name="sasktelwebsite.net">{{cite web|url= http://diocse.sasktelwebsite.net/bishops.html|title= Bishops of the Diocese of Qu'Appelle|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080510144333/http://diocse.sasktelwebsite.net/bishops.html|archivedate= 2008-05-10}}</ref> in the second quarter of the 20th century. |
'''Edwin Hubert Knowles''' (7 June 1874 – 27 October 1962) was an [[Anglican]] [[bishop]]<ref name="sasktelwebsite.net">{{cite web|url= http://diocse.sasktelwebsite.net/bishops.html|title= Bishops of the Diocese of Qu'Appelle|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080510144333/http://diocse.sasktelwebsite.net/bishops.html|archivedate= 2008-05-10}}</ref> in the second quarter of the 20th century. |
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Edwin Hubert Knowles | |
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| Born | 7 June 1874 Koskelle Estate, Badulla, British Ceylon |
| Died | 27 October 1962 (aged 88) Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Title | Bishop of Qu'Appelle |
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Edwin Hubert Knowles (7 June 1874 – 27 October 1962) was an Anglican bishop[1] in the second quarter of the 20th century.
Knowles was born at Koskelle Estate, Badulla, in British Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) on 7 June 1874,[2] the son of Edwin Knowles and his wife, Martha Jane Bassett.
His father died at sea, near Aden, on a voyage from England to Ceylon, on 11 July 1879.[3]
He came to Canada with his mother and siblings in 1891 and was educated at the University of Manitoba, where he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws.[4]
He was ordained deacon in the Church of England in Canada in 1905 and priest in 1906 by the Bishop of Qu'Appelle.[5]
He served as curate (1905–1906) and rector (1906–1909) of Buffalo Lake; Incumbent of Kamsack (1909–1911); Diocesan Secretary (1911–1935); Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Qu’Appelle (1909–1935); Canon of the Pro-Cathedral Church of St. Peter, Qu'Appelle (1914–1918), Chaplain to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (1918–1956), and Archdeacon of Qu’Appelle (1918–1935).[6]
He was consecrated as fifth Bishop of Qu'Appelle on 24 June 1935.[7]
He retired in 1950,[1] and spent his last years in Regina, Saskatchewan. He died on 27 October 1962.
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[edit]- ^ a b "Bishops of the Diocese of Qu'Appelle". Archived from the original on 2008-05-10.
- ^ J. Hawkes, The Story of Saskatchewan and its People (vol. 3; 1924); Who's Who in Canada (vol. 48; 1960), p. 442; Who was Who 1987–1990: London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ^ Jackson’s Oxford Journal (Saturday, 2 August 1879).
- ^ The Church Directory & Almanack, 1941, p. 400.
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940–41 Oxford, OUP,1941
- ^ A.R. Kelley, The Anglican Episcopate of Canada (vol. 2; 1961), p. 57.
- ^ Montreal Gazette (Thursday, 21 March 1935), p. 8 Pioneer of Prairie attains Bishopric. The Times, Friday, Mar 22, 1935; pg. 16; Issue 47019; col B Bishop of Qu’Appelle.
- ^ "Edwin Hubert KNOWLES". Canadian Heraldic Authority. Retrieved 30 May 2020.