Frederick Fauquier

Frederick Dawson Fauquier (29 July 1817 – 7 December 1881) was an eminent Canadian Anglican priest in the second half of the 19th century.

Personal life Fauquier was born in Malta on 29 July 1817. He was orphaned at a young age and adopted by an aunt who lived in Hampton, London, England. Fauquier received his formative education in Richmond, London. He was ordained as a Deacon in 1845 and was ordained by Bishop John Strachan as a priest in 1846. Fauquier was appointed as the incumbent of his home parish at Huntingford, Ontario in 1875. Within three weeks of his appointment Fauquier traveled to England to raise funds for the new Diocese of Algoma. His trip resulted in support from the Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge, the Colonial and Continental, the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and many individual donors.

Having become a Doctor of Divinity (DD), he died in post on 7 December 1881. During Fauquier's time as Bishop the Diocese of Algoma grew substantially with the number of clergy doubling, congregations increasing from fifteen to ninety and churches from nine to thirty-four.

Fauquier is buried in the Shingwauk Memorial cemetery, located on the current campus of Algoma University and Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig. The Bishop Fauquier Memorial Chapel at the Shingwauk Indian Residential School was named after him.