Edwin Knowles

Who was Edwin Knowles?

The Rt Rev Edwin Hubert Knowles, LL.B., D.D., was an Anglican Bishop in the second quarter of the 20th century.

Knowles was born at Koskelle Estate, Badulla in Ceylon on 7 June 1874, the son of Edwin Knowles and his wife, Martha Jane Bassett.

His father died at sea, near Aden, on a voyage from England to Ceylon, on 11 July 1879.

He came to Canada with his mother and siblings in 1891 and was educated at the University of Manitoba, where he graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Laws.

He was made Deacon in the Church of England in Canada in 1905, and ordained Priest in 1906 by the Bishop of Qu'Appelle.

He served as Curate and Rector of Buffalo Lake; Incumbent of Kamsack; Diocesan Secretary; Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Qu’Appelle; Canon of the Pro-Cathedral Church of St. Peter, Qu'Appelle, Chaplain to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and Archdeacon of Qu’Appelle.

He was consecrated as fifth Lord Bishop of Qu'Appelle on 24 June 1935.

He retired in 1950, and spent his last years in Regina, Saskatchewan.

Bishop Kowles died on 27 October 1962.