Augustine Scriven

Augustine Scriven (1852 – 21 July 1916)[1] was an eminent Anglican priest in the last decades of the nineteenth century and the first two of the twentieth.[2]

He was born in Spernall, Sambourne, Warwickshire[3] and educated at St Mary Hall, Oxford[4] and ordained in 1875.[5] After curacies at Kirkham and Frindsbury[6] he held incumbencies at Martinhoe[7] and St Peter, Rochester. In 1884 he became Archdeacon of Vancouver[8] a post he held until his appointment to the episcopate as Bishop of British Columbia in 1915.[9]

  1. ^ The Times, Monday, 24 July 1916; p. 11; Issue 41227; col E Obituaries Two Colonial Bishops
  2. ^ British Columbia Archival Union List Archived October 24, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Genuki (1)
  4. ^ University Intelligence The Times Thursday, 5 April 1888; p. 10; Issue 32352; col C
  5. ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  6. ^ "Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  7. ^ Genuki (2)
  8. ^ Gen Forum
  9. ^ The Times, Friday, 6 August 1915; p. 13; Issue 40926; col G New Bishop of British Columbia