George Holmes (bishop) explained

George Holmes was an English-born Anglican bishop in Canada from 1905 to 1912.^{[1] [2]}

Holmes was born in Kendal, Westmorland on 23 November 1858^[3] and ordained in 1887^[4] after which he was a Church Mission Society (CMS) missionary in the Northwest Territories. In 1901 he became Archdeacon of Athabasca^[5] and four years later was ordained to the episcopate as the Bishop of Moosonoe. He was translated to the Diocese of Athabasca in 1909.^[6] He died on 3 February 1912.^[7]

Notes and References

1. http://www.christianepiscopal.ca/calender.htm Christian Episcopal, Canada
2. http://archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk:8080/Archives/dserve.exe?sqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Persons&dsqSearch=Code=='GB/109/13407'&dsqCmd=Show.tcl National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
3. Who was Who 1897-1990, London, A & C Black, 1991,
4. The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory, London, Hamilton & Co, 1889
5. http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?BioId=41571&query= Dictionary of Canadian Biography
6. The Times, 4 February 1909, p. 7, "Ecclesiastical Intelligence"
7. "Obituary: The Bishop Of Athabasca", The Times, 5 February 1912, p. 11.