Charles Roper

John Charles Roper (1858 – 26 January 1940[1]) was an Anglican bishop in the Anglo-Catholic tradition[2] in the first half of the 20th century.[3]

The Right Reverend Charles Roper in c.1924

Biography

Roper was educated at Keble College, Oxford.[4]

Ordained in 1882,[5] he began his ministry with a curacy at Herstmonceux and was then as chaplain of Brasenose College, Oxford.[6]

In 1886, he was appointed Professor of Divinity at Trinity College, Toronto and also served as parish priest of St Thomas's Toronto.[7] He was then Professor of Theology at the General Theological Seminary, New York City[8] In 1912 he became the third Bishop of British Columbia[9] and was translated to be the Bishop of Ottawa three years later,[10] serving for 24 years[11] - the last six as the Metropolitan of Ontario.[12]

References
  1. The Times, 29 January 1940; p. 1, "Deaths"
  2. Biography for William Lennox Mills at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
  3. Anglican Bishops of Canada
  4. "Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  5. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  6. Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 1128.
  7. "Church intercessions" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
  8. "BISHOPRIC FOR DR. ROPER.; Theological Seminary Professor to Head British Columbia Diocese. (Published 1911)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2018-07-28.
  9. British Columbia Archival Union List Archived October 24, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  10. "Hold fast to the incarnation: the life and times of John Charles Roper, second bishop of Ottawa" Bradley, W.H.: Ottawa, Anglican Diocese of Ottawa, 1990 ISBN 0-9694980-0-4
  11. "Anglican Diocese of Ottawa". Archived from the original on 2009-07-06. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
  12. Ecclesiastical News New Canadian Archbishop The Times Friday, Jan 27, 1933; pg. 15; Issue 46353; col E


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