Adam de Pencier | |
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Metropolitan of British Columbia and Archbishop of New Westminster | |
Church | Anglican Church of Canada |
Province | British Columbia |
Diocese | New Westminster |
In office | 1925–1940 |
Predecessor | Frederick Du Vernet (as metropolitan) John Dart (as bishop) |
Successor | Walter Adams (as metropolitan) Francis Heathcote (as bishop) |
Previous post(s) | Bishop of New Westminster, 1910–1925 |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1890 |
Consecration | 1910 |
Personal details | |
Born | 1866 |
Died | 1949 (aged 82–83) |
Adam Urias de Pencier OBE [1] (1866-1949) was the third Bishop of New Westminster and second Archbishop and Metropolitan of British Columbia.[2]
Born in 1866, he was the great-great grandson of Charles I, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel through his ancestor Christian Theodor von Pincier.[3] He was educated at Trinity College in Toronto.
De Prencier was ordained in 1890.[4] He held incumbencies at St Matthew's, Brandon and St Paul's, Vancouver.[5] He was appointed Bishop, and later Archbishop of the Diocese of New Westminster in 1910 for British Columbia.[6] While serving as bishop, he founded St. John's Shaughnessy on the grounds of the bishop's residence.[7] Prior to retiring in 1940, he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws by the University of British Columbia and the Order of the British Empire by King George V.[8][9]