About David Somerville
Lived 1915 – 2011 (aged 95). David Somerville was an anglican priest.
Thomas David Somerville (November 11, 1915 – July 25, 2011) was the sixth Bishop of New Westminster and eighth Metropolitan of British Columbia.
Somerville was born in Ashcroft, British Columbia and educated at the King George Secondary School and the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Ordained in 1939, he had incumbencies in Princeton, Sardis and Vancouver. He was Dean of Residence at the Anglican Theological College of British Columbia then Coadjutor Bishop of New Westminster and then its diocesan and Metropolitan of British Columbia from 1975, retiring from both positions in 1980.
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Who was David Somerville?
Canadian bishop (1915-2011)
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David Somerville was born on 11 November 1915.
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David Somerville died on 25 July 2011.
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David Somerville was an anglican priest.
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