Dominick Edward Blake (1806 – 29 June 1859) was born in Ireland, was a

Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britain ...

clergyman who, along with the rest of the family, emigrated to

Upper Canada The Province of Upper Canada (french: link=no, province du Haut-Canada) was a part of British Canada established in 1791 by the Kingdom of Great Britain, to govern the central third of the lands in British North America, formerly part of the ...

in 1832. He had a successful career and was instrumental in formation of synod policies and procedures that defined the Church in Canada. He wrote at least one position that balanced a report by

James Beaven James Beaven (9 July 1801 – 8 November 1875) was a Church of England clergyman and author, educated and employed in England until accepting an appointment as professor of divinity at King's College, Toronto, in 1843. Beaven was an accomplished ...

. The quality of his ministry, and others like him, ensured the successful transfer of a European institution to Canada.

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* Canadian Anglican priests 1806 births 1859 deaths {{Canada-reli-bio-stub