. The new bishop arrived at Montreal in late summer 1869 bringing important assets. His deep spirituality, his familiarity with convocations of bishops and clergy, which had been revived in the province

clergy reserves, but since these could only be leased, not sold, they brought in little revenue in a province where land could be easily acquired in fee simple. Strachan did not rule out recruiting new

and historical foundations. Both the Quebec Act of 1774 and the Constitutional Act of 1791 referred to a Protestant clergy. Thus, the Church of Scotland by virtue of its position as one of the

, clerical salaries were substantially reduced. Blake was one of the clergy affected, accumulating salary arrears of £840 during his 12 years at Adelaide. Although he seems not to have suffered actual poverty

garrison in Quebec, and in 1839 he became secretary to the Clergy Reserves Corporation which handled the administration of the lands granted by the crown for the support of Protestant clergy in Lower Canada

institute be established for native clergy. He had already drawn up a course of study and by 1878 had ordained his first recruits, but the plan for a college was not acted upon at this time

Feild and Kelly in Bermuda, his observations of the colony, and a series of sermons he attended in London in December 1872 and January 1873. Clergy were needed in many of the remote parts of

contended that the Presbyterian Church, as an established church of the empire, had a “right” to part of the clergy reserve revenues; in 1840 they triumphed and the Kirk obtained a share equal to half that of

Strachan* of Toronto. Baldwin began his professional ministry instead in the diocese of Huron, in the southwest part of the province, one of the energetic, evangelical clergy with whom Bishop

. The focus of Bond’s episcopate was the development of the church in the diocese of Montreal, its clergy, congregations, and institutions. One of his first concerns was to re-establish its financial

Kavanagh, a well-known Irish Catholic merchant. Rumours as to the reasons for Doucet’s departure were deflected as much as possible by clergy in

. Gradually, under Bishop Feild’s powerful influence, the character of the church in Newfoundland changed. Most of the clergy, influenced by Feild’s predecessor Aubrey George

indeed the first monograph Ferland wrote for which he could familiarize himself with national history. But this work is not itself enough to explain why Abbé Ferland was adopted by the clergy during the

. When he arrived, Gravel had a diocesan clergy of 79, including parish priests, seminary teachers, and administrators. There was, however, no community of regular priests. In the report he prepared

Cambrai; d. 1735 at Versailles. Father Guesdron first entered the secular clergy, and it was after he had received the subdiaconate that he asked to

and several church schools. He built a new church for the beachmen, initiated regular training for his clergy, and ensured that the sick and unbaptized were systematically visited. A model of mid

Montargis, he was director of junior clergy, among whom was Louis Hennepin*, the future companion of

about the same time as their youngest son, Jesse, who arrived early in 1808. Family members settled in King and Whitchurch townships, with Jesse renting a clergy reserve lot in the latter. Descended from

. Macdonald’s see initially encompassed New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and the Îles de la Madeleine. Much of it remained in a frontier state, primitive and poor, its want of clergy underscored by a sharply

lay in his championship of the right of the Church of Scotland’s colonial offshoots to a share in the clergy reserves. But his advocacy of the cause far exceeded his religious commitment. The clergy