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.
Finding Aids
Finding aid available. See Microfilm collections - Diocese of Montreal.
Papers read at Fredericton, June 10, 1895 [in Commemoration of] the fiftieth anniversary of the enthronement of the Right Reverend John Medley, first Bishop of Fredericton [and the] Diocese of Fredericton, 1845-1895, St. Barnabas Day, June 11, 1895.
Contents:
The endowment of the See of Fredericton and some of the results by W.Q. Ketchum
Paper on the contributions to the funds of the Diocesan Church Society from 1845 to 1895, by H. Montgomery
Diocesan funds - their administration since the year 1837, by G.A. Schofield
Memorandum of funds and property held in connection with the Diocese of Fredricton, June, 1895, by W.M. Jarvis
The Cathedral, by F. Partridge.