Charles Schofield

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Charles de Veber Schofield (14 July 1871 – 12 July 1936) was an eminent Anglican priest in the first half of the 20th century.

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He was educated at Windsor, Nova Scotia and Edinburgh Theological College"Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}} and ordained deacon in 1897"The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900 and priest in 1898.{{cite news | title=Ordinations. London | newspaper=The Times | date=6 June 1898 | page=12, col. D | issue=35535}} After a curacy at St Mary's, Portsea, Portsmouth he was Rector of Hampton, New Brunswick{{cite news | newspaper=The Times | date=29 December 1904 | page=8, col. C | issue=37590 | title=Ecclesiastical Intelligence}} then Sydney, Nova Scotia. After this he was Dean of Fredericton (1907–1915){{cite book | last=Malden Richard (ed) | first=| author-link= | title= Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn) | location= London | publisher= The Field Press| pages=305| year=1920 | isbn=}} and then in 1916 Dean of Columbia, based in Victoria, British Columbia.[https://archive.today/20070529062501/http://aabc.bc.ca/access/aabc/archbc/display/BCA-190 British Columbia Archival Union List] A year later he became the Bishop of British Columbia, a position he held for twenty years.{{cite news | title=Ecclesiastical News New Bishop to replace Dr Schofield | newspaper=The Times | date=18 July 1936 | page=8, col. F | issue=47430}} At some point, he became a Doctor of Divinity.{{Cite web|url=http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait.php?search=as&grp=1057;Ministers+and+preachers&lDate=&LinkID=mp61082&page=15&rNo=1&role=sit|title=Portrait - National Portrait Gallery|access-date=2017-01-18}}