William Carpenter Bompas

William Carpenter Bompas

William Carpenter Bompas (20 January 1834 – 9 June 1906) was a Church of England clergyman and missionary in northwestern Canada, first Anglican bishop of the Athabasca diocese, then of the Mackenzie river diocese and then of the Selkirk (Yukon) diocese as these dioceses were successively carved out of the original Rupert's Land diocese. Born in London, England, he died in Carcross, Yukon. His wife Charlotte Selina (Cox) Bompas participated in his missionary work, and wrote [http://anglicanhistory.org/canada/bompas/owindia.html "Owindia: A True Tale of the Mackenzie River Indians, North-West America"] .

Bibliography

* Portions of the Book of Common Prayer, hymns, etc., in the Chipewyan Language. By Archdeacon Kirkby. Adapted for the use of the Slavi Indians by the Right Rev. W.C. Bompas. London: SPCK, 1882.
* "Northern Lights on the Bible Drawn from a Bishop’s Experience during twenty-five Years in the Great North-West". London: J. Nisbet, 1893.
* "Diocese of Mackenzie River". London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; New York: E. & J. B. Young, 1888.

External links

* [http://anglicanhistory.org/canada/bompas/ Works by and about Bompas] from Project Canterbury
* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=6571 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]
* [http://anglicanhistory.org/canada/bompas/cody1908/index.html An Apostle of the North, by H. A. Cody (1908)]
*gutenberg author| id=Charlotte_Selina_Bompas | name=Charlotte Selina Bompas


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