Cyprian Pinkham

{{Short description|Anglican bishop (1844–1928)}}

William Cyprian Pinkham[http://robbinsplace.com/family/uft/D0/i0000103.htm#i174 Genealogical website] (1844–1928"Obituary: Bishop Pinkham", The Times, 19 July 1928; p18) was the second Anglican Bishop of Saskatchewan.[http://www.skdiocese.com/our-history/ Diocesan history] He then became the first Bishop of Calgary when the diocese was divided in 1903.The Clergy List, London, Kelly's, 1913

Pinkham was born in St. John's, Newfoundland[http://www.wsd1.org/pinkham/ourpast.htm Pinkham School website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509104136/http://www.wsd1.org/pinkham/ourpast.htm |date=2008-05-09 }} and educated at St Augustine's College, Canterbury.Who Was Who 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 {{ISBN|978-0-19-954087-7}} He was ordained in 1868 and his first position was as the incumbent of St. James's Manitoba.{{cite book | last=Malden Richard (ed) | author-link= | title= Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn) | location= London | publisher= The Field Press| pages=228| year=1920 | isbn=}} After this he was Superintendent of Education for the Protestant Public Schools of Manitoba and finally, before his ordination to the episcopate,[http://bishop.blogsome.com/ Canadian Bishops] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120220134222/http://bishop.blogsome.com/ |date=2012-02-20 }} the Archdeacon of Manitoba.

Pinkham retired in 1926 and died two years later.