Godfrey Gower

The Most Rev. Godfrey Philip Gower, DD was the fifth Bishop of New Westminster and Metropolitan of British Columbia.^[1]
He was born on 5 December 1899,^[2] educated at Imperial College, London and St. John's College, University of Manitoba and ordained in 1931.^[3] He then held incumbencies in Camrose, Edmonton and Vancouver. He was appointed Bishop of New Westminster in 1951^[4] and Metropolitan of British Columbia in 1968, retiring fom both posts in 1971.. He died on 23 August 1987.

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Preceded by Sir Francis Heathcote, 9th Baronet	Bishop of New Westminster 1951– 1971	Succeeded by Thomas David Somerville
Preceded by Harold Eustace Sexton	Metropolitan of British Columbia 1968 – 1971	Succeeded by Ralph Stanley Dean

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v t e Anglican Bishops of New Westminster Anglican Diocese of New Westminster Acton Sillitoe John Dart Adam de Pencier Sir Francis Heathcote Godfrey Gower David Somerville Douglas Hambidge Michael Ingham

v t e Metropolitans of British Columbia Frederick Du Vernet Adam de Pencier Walter Adams Harold Sexton Godfrey Gower Ralph Dean John Frame (Acting) David Somerville Douglas Hambidge David Crawley Terry Buckle John Privett

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Name	Gower, Godfrey Philip
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Date of birth	1899
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Date of death	1987
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