The Life and Work of the Most Reverend John Medley, D.D., first bishop of Fredericton and Metropolitan of Canada

William Quintard Ketchum

Verlag: J & A McMillan, Saint John, N.B., 1893

Beschreibung

The Life and Work of the Most Reverend John Medley, D.D., first bishop of Fredericton and Metropolitan of Canada; by William Quintard Ketchum, D.D., Rector of Saint Andrews, N.B., and Honorary Canon of the Cathedral, Fredericton; J. & A. McMillan, Printers, Publishers, Etc., Saint John, N.B., 1893.
John Medley, (1804 ? 1892), was a Church of England clergyman who became the first bishop of Fredericton in 1845. In 1879 he succeeded Ashton Oxenden as Metropolitan of Canada. He was born in Grosvenor Place, London. His father, George Medley, died when John was very young. His widowed mother wanted him to become a clergyman and had him educated accordingly. He began learning Latin at the age of six, Greek at ten, and Hebrew at twelve years old, and attended schools in Bristol, Bewdley and Chobham before entering Wadham College, Oxford in 1823. He graduated with honours from Wadham College in 1826.
Prior to 1845, the Anglican Church in New Brunswick was part of the responsibility of the Bishop of Nova Scotia.
Medley arrived in Canada with plans drawn by the young Exeter architect Frank Wills for a cathedral to be based on St. Mary's Church in Snettisham, Norfolk. He had been granted £1,500 toward the cost of construction by the Exeter Diocesan Architecture Society, and the population of the new diocese pledged a further £4,500. A lot on the Saint John River was donated, as was the building stone, and the cornerstone of Christ Church Cathedral was laid on October 15, 1845. In 1848 and 1851 the Bishop visited England and raised more funds to allow the construction to continue. The design was completed by architect William Butterfield after Wills left New Brunswick in 1848 to set up a practice in New York City. The cathedral, which was consecrated on 31 August 1853, has been described as "the largest and most carefully ecclesiological church of the North American revival"
In 1852 Medley proposed to form a diocesan synod, but this was strongly opposed by the New Brunswick clergy. However, in 1866 the synod was set up as a voluntary organisation consisting of clergy, laity and bishop. Its annual meetings began in 1868, and it was officially incorporated in 1871 by the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. In 1874 the Fredericton Synod began sending delegates to the synod of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada.
In 1879, Medley was elected Metropolitan of Canada (the bishop first-among-equals in the eastern half of all Canada) and held that position until his death.
This book, 335 pages is in very-good condition. Pasted inside the front cover is a notice that this book was number 1071, L96 of the Diocesan Library, Diocese of Nova Scotia Clerical Library. The first free endpapers have individual ownership signatures.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Life and Work of the Most Reverend John Medley, D.D., first bishop of Fredericton and Metropolitan of Canada
• Verlag: J & A McMillan, Saint John, N.B.
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1893
• Sprache: Englisch
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: Gut