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Charles Inglis Bishop of Nova Scotia 
Church Church of England See Nova Scotia In Office 1787–1816 Orders Consecration 1787 Personal details Born 1734 Died 24 February 1816 Previous post rector of Trinity Church, New York Charles Inglis (1734 – 24 February 1816) was consecrated the first Church of England bishop of the Diocese of Nova Scotia.
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Life
Following the British occupation of New York in 1777, Inglis was promoted from curate to rector of Trinity Church in New York. As a Loyalist, it is recorded that Inglis prayed aloud for King George III while George Washington was in the congregation. The church was quickly surrounded by militia.[1][2] In November of 1783, upon the evacuation of Loyalists from New York, Inglis returned to England. On 11 August 1787, George III created the Diocese of Nova Scotia by Letters Patent, and named Inglis its first bishop.[2][3] The independence of the thirteen colonies which would form the United States had led to the creation of a new, autonomous, Anglican church there, with Samuel Seabury as the first bishop, but Inglis was the first Church of England bishop in North America, so his jurisdiction effectively extended over all the British colonies on the continent, though technically his see was "the Province of Nova Scotia".[2][3] Eager to increase the status of Anglicanism in the colonies, he supported the 1789 foundation of King's College in Windsor, Nova Scotia, as an exclusive academy for sons of the Anglican elite. He also backed several missionary efforts to turn the majority of the population from their dissenting religious beliefs. These efforts were largely unsuccessful. He died on 24 February 1816.
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Notes
- ^ Hein, David; Gardiner H. Shattuck, Jr. (2004). The Episcopalians. New York: Church Publishing. ISBN 0898694973.
- ^ a b c Carrington, Philip (1963). The Anglican Church in Canada. Toronto: Collins.
- ^ a b London Gazette: no. 12910. p. 373. 7 August 1787. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
Works cited
Frederic Thesiger
(1794–1878)John Eardley Inglis
(1814–1862)Julia Thesiger
(1833–1904)Frederic A. Thesiger
(1827–1905)Alfred Thesiger
(1838–1880)John Frederic Inglis
(1853–1923)Alfred Inglis
(1856–1919)Victoria Inglis
(1859–1929)Hubert Ashton Rupert Inglis
(1863–1916)Frank Inglis
(1899–1969)Percy Ashton
(1895–1934)Gilbert Ashton
(1896–1981)Hubert Ashton
(1898–1979)Claude Ashton
(1901–1942)John Gilchrist Inglis
(1906–1972)Jill Inglis
(b. 1931)Jeremy Howard-Williams
(1922–1995)Anthony Inglis
(b. 1952)Family tree of the Inglis family Categories:- 1734 births
- 1816 deaths
- United Empire Loyalists
- Anglican bishops of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island
- Canadian Anglican priests
- 18th-century Anglican bishops
- 19th-century Anglican bishops
- Canadian people of Scottish descent
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