William Carpenter Bompas (1834-1906) was ordained Deacon 1859, Priest 1865. Curate in Lincolnshire, England, 1859-1863. CMS Missionary in Yukon, 1866-1874; Bishop of Athabasca (First), 1874-1884; Bishop of MacKenzie River (First), 1884-1891; Bishop of Selkirk (First), 1891-1905. He married Charlotte Selina Cox (1830-1918) in May 1874.
Scope and Content
Reel 1 - Microfilm consists of correspondence between W.C. Bompas and H.A. Naylor; W.C. Bompas and R.J. Bowen; and Mrs. C.S. Bompas and the Rev. and Mrs. H.A. Naylor.
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Finding aid available. See Microfilm collections - Diocese of Montreal.
Stone marker surrounded by log picket fence. Grave honours the first Bishop of Selkirk (later Yukon) who died in 1906. Bishop Bompas founded the Chooutla School, originally at Forty-Mile and subsequently situated at Carcross, Yukon.
Frances Mary Sim, a church worker in Bledlow and Windsor, England, was the sister of the Yukon missionary, Rev. Vincent C. Sim.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of a letter from Bishop Bompas (1885), two from Bishop Stringer (1908, 1912) together with a copy of the book "An Apostle of the North: Memoirs of the Right Reverend William Carpenter Bompas, D.D.", by H.A. Cody. Includes original photographs and a newspaper clipping.
Hiram Alfred Cody (1872-1948), a graduate of King's University, Windsor, Nova Scotia, was ordained deacon in 1896 and priest in 1898. Served in churches at Doaktown and Ludlow, New Brunswick before becoming Archdeacon of Christ Church Cathedral, Fredericton. Wrote numerous novels while serving as a travelling missionary in the Yukon, mainly pertaining to life in the Northland. He was rector of St. James Church, Saint John for 32 years.
Scope and Content
Fonds consists of correspondence with Bishop Isaac O. Stringer, Bishop William Carpenter Bompas, Bessie Parmalee, the Rev. A.E. O'Meara, the Rev. John Hawksley and other missionaries; addresses and sermons by Cody; and photographs.