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Letter, 11 December 1879
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CA MUA MG 1022-2-1-145-0009
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11 December 1879 (Creation)
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- Binney, Hibbert, 1819-1887
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- Halifax (N.S.)
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(1819-1887)
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Lord Bishop Hibbert Binney was born on August 12, 1819, in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
He was a Canadian Church of England bishop and the fourth Bishop of Nova Scotia from 1851 to 1887. When his father became rector of Newbury, Berkshire, the family moved to England. He was educated at King's College London and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Worcester College, Oxford in 1842. Hibbert followed his father into the ministry, being ordained deacon by the Bishop of Oxford in 1842. He was also appointed a fellow of Worcester College. In 1844, he received his Master of Arts degree and was appointed tutor in 1846. In 1848, he became bursar of Worcester College. In 1851, Binney was named Bishop of Nova Scotia and was consecrated in London by Archbishop of Canterbury. He raised the level of churchmanship in the diocese from 36,482 in 1851 to 64,410 in 1887. He died on April 30, 1887, in New York.
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Letter from the Bishop Of Nova Scotia to John William Dawson, written from Halifax.