William Reeve

Who was William Reeve?

The Rt Rev William Day Reeve, DD, was an eminent Anglican priest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

He was born in Harmston on 3 January 1844 and educated at the CMS College, Islington going to Canada in 1889. He was ordained in 1874 and served at Fort Simpson until he became Archdeacon of the Chipewyan in 1883. In 1891 he became Bishop of Mackenzie River, a post he held until 1907. Thereafter he was an Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Toronto. He died on 12 May 1925.