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Thomas David Somerville (November 11, 1915[1]-July 25, 2011) was the sixth Bishop of New Westminster and eighth Metropolitan of British Columbia.[2]
Somerville was born in Lytton, British Columbia and educated at the King George Secondary School and the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Ordained in 1939, he had incumbencies in Princeton, Sardis and Vancouver. He was Dean of Residence at the Anglican Theological College of British Columbia then Coadjutor Bishop of New Westminster[3] and then its diocesan[4] and Metropolitan of British Columbia from 1975, retiring fom both positions in 1980.
Church of England titles Preceded by
John DartBishop of New Westminster
1971– 1980Succeeded by
Douglas Walter HambidgePreceded by
John Timothy FrameMetropolitan of British Columbia
1975 – 1980References
- ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 9780199540877
- ^ Metropolitans of British Columbia
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76: Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0108163674
- ^ Diocese of New Westminster: archbishops and bishops
Anglican bishops of New Westminster Acton Windeyer Sillitoe • John Dart • Adam Urias De Pencier • Sir Francis Heathcote, 9th Baronet • Godfrey Philip Gower • Thomas David Somerville • Douglas Walter Hambidge • Michael Ingram
Metropolitans of British Columbia Frederick Herbert Du Vernet • Adam Urias De Pencier • Walter Robert Adams • Harold Eustace Sexton • Godfrey Philip Gower • Ralph Stanley Dean • John Timothy Frame • Thomas David Somerville • Douglas Walter Hambidge • David Perry Crawley • Terrence Owen Buckle • John Elswood Privett
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