Charles Inglis
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Charles Inglis (1734 – 24 February, 1816) was consecrated the first Church of England bishop of Nova Scotia in 1787. Previously, he had been the Loyalist rector of Trinity Church in New York. As the first Anglican bishop on the continent, his jurisdiction extended over all the British colonies in North America. 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.
External links
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online (http://www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=36595)