ID
ADA1		Succ#
83		Bishop
The Most Reverend Walter Robert Adams		Authorized Name
Adams, Walter Robert, 1877-1957	

Birth
September 1, 1877		London, England	

Marriage
1. June, 1909		1. Elizabeth Mary Whiteman;  Children: Clare Adams (1910-1990?), John Adams (1911-1917?), Theodore Robert Bruce Adams (1913-1971), Elizabeth Yerburgh (neé Beth Adams) (1914-1996)	

Death
July 25, 1957		New Westminster, British Columbia	

Burial
July 31, 1957		Funeral Service held in Christ Church Cathedral, Vancouver, British Columbia
Buried in Lambeth Parish Church, England	

Summary of Positions
1925-1933 Bishop of Cariboo (First)
1934-1947 Bishop of Kootenay (Second)
1948-1951 Bishop of Yukon (Fifth)
1942-1947 Archbishop of Kootenay (First)
1948-1951 Archbishop of Yukon (First)
1942-1951 Metropolitan of British Columbia (Third)
		Education
Educated at St. Saviour's, Ardingly, St. John's, Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, England; University College, Durham, England
1900 B.A. University College, Durham, England
1903 M.A. University College, Durham, England
1925 D.D. (honoris causa) University College, Durham, England	

Service
1901-1904 Curate, Croxdale, England (Durham)
1901-1909 Fellow of University College, Durham, England (Durham)
1904-1907 Curate, Lambeth, England (Southwark)
1907-1908 Priest in charge, Baring, Saskatchewan (Qu'Appelle)
1908-1909 Vicar, Whitewood, Saskatchewan (Qu'Appelle)
1909-1912 Rector, Indian Head, Saskatchewan (Qu'Appelle)
1909-1912 Honorary Captain and Chaplain, XVI Canadian Light Horse
1913-1914 Assistant Secretary to Archbishop of Canterbury's Western Canada Fund
1915-1919 Assistant Chaplain and Lecturer, St. Katharine's College, Tottenham, England (London)
1919-1925 Chief Inspector of Diocesan Schools, England (Southwark)
1941-1942 Acting Metropolitan of the Province of British Columbia
1947 April 9-1947 September 7 Acting Primate
1950 November 20-1951 September Acting Primate
1952 January 5-1952 April 25 Administered the Diocese of Yukon

Active
N		Certificates
Y	

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