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Charles de Veber Schofield (14 July 1871 – 12 July 1936) was an eminent 
He was educated at
Anglican
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priest in the first half of the 20th century.
He was educated at Windsor, Nova Scotia
Windsor is a community located in Hants County, Nova Scotia, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is a service centre for the western part of the county and is situated on Nova Scotia Highway 101, Highway 101.
The community has a history d ...
and Edinburgh Theological College
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and ordained
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deacon
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Major Christian denominations, such as the Cathol ...
in 1897 and priest
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in 1898. After a curacy
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at St Mary's, Portsea, Portsmouth
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Portsea Island has the third-largest population of all the i ...
he was Rector of Hampton, New Brunswick
Hampton is a town in Kings County, New Brunswick
New Brunswick is a Provinces and Territories of Canada, province of Canada, bordering Quebec to the north, Nova Scotia to the east, the Gulf of Saint Lawrence to the northeast, the Bay of Fu ...
then Sydney, Nova Scotia
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. After this he was Dean of Fredericton
The Dean of Fredericton is an Anglican dean (Christianity), dean in the Anglican Diocese of Fredericton of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada, based at Christ Church Anglican Cathedral in Fredericton.
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(1907–1915) and then in 1916 Dean of Columbia, based in Victoria, British Columbia. A year later he became the Bishop of British Columbia, a position he held for twenty years. At some point, he became a Doctor of Divinity
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