William Davis

Who is William Davis?

William Wallace Davis, DD was a Canadian Anglican bishop in the 20th century.

Davis was educated at the University of Bishop’s College, Lennoxville and ordained in 1932. After a curacy at St Matthew, Ottawa he was the incumbent at Coaticook before becoming the Archdeacon of Quebec in 1947. He was Dean of Nova Scotia and Rector of the Cathedral Church of All Saints, Halifax from 1952 to 1958 when he became Bishop Coadjutor of Nova Scotia. He was appointed its full diocesan five years later. In 1972 he became Archbishop of Nova Scotia and Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada, retiring in 1975.