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 from both posts in 1971. He died on 23 August 1992.[5]
Notes
- ↑ Metropolitans of British Columbia
- ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
- ↑ Diocese of New Westminster: archbishops and bishops
- ↑ http://www.memorybc.ca/godfrey-philip-gower-fonds;rad
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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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