Adam de Pencier

Adam Urias de Pencier OBE [1] (1866-1949) was the third Bishop of New Westminster and second Archbishop and Metropolitan of British Columbia.[2]

The Most Reverend Adam de Pencier OBE
Metropolitan of British Columbia and Archbishop of New Westminster
De Pencier circa 1924
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)
Orders
Ordination	1890
Consecration	1910
Personal details
Born	1866
Died	1949 (aged 82–83)
Previous post(s)	Bishop of New Westminster, 1910–1925

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]