Frederick Dawson Fauquier
| Frederick Dawson Fauquier | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1817-07-29 Malta |
| Died | 1881-12-07 Toronto, Ontario |
| Occupation | Church of England bishop; clergyman |
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Frederick Dawson Fauquier (29 July 1817 – 7 December 1881 (aged 64)) was a Church of England clergyman who served as the first Bishop of Algoma, with a diocese encompassing the north shore of Lake Superior including the Thunder Bay region.
Early life
Fauquier was born probably on 29 July 1817 in Malta, where his father was apparently in government service. He was likely orphaned in childhood and raised by an aunt who held apartments at Hampton Court Palace; a Thomas Fauquier, a member of the royal household, was probably his uncle. He received his education in England, possibly in Richmond, and immigrated to Upper Canada in 1836, settling at East Zorra near Woodstock where he took up farming.[1]
Ministry and ordination
The influence of Edward Huntingford drew Fauquier toward a religious vocation. He studied theology under Alexander Neil Bethune at the Diocesan Theological Institution in Cobourg, which opened in 1842, and was among its first students. He was made deacon in 1845 and ordained priest in 1846 by Bishop John Strachan, receiving a stipend from the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. His parochial work at East Zorra was described as "quiet and effective."[1]
Bishop of Algoma
When the Diocese of Algoma was created in 1872, Isaac Hellmuth proposed Fauquier as its first bishop. The lay delegates initially rejected him, but on the third ballot in 1873—by which time Fauquier had been appointed Archdeacon of Brant—he was elected. He was consecrated on 28 October 1873 at St James' Cathedral, Toronto, by Ashton Oxenden, and received an honorary Doctor of Civil Law from Trinity College in 1874.[1]
The Diocese of Algoma at the time of Fauquier's consecration was immense, stretching from the head of Lake Superior south and east through Muskoka, with only seven clergy and nine churches. Fauquier spent winters in Toronto, partly because of his wife's chronic illness, which allowed him to conduct fundraising in the south and maintain contact with the southern portions of his diocese. At Sault Ste. Marie he worked a farm on diocesan property. He placed particular emphasis on sacramental worship, celebrating the Eucharist monthly throughout his parochial travels.[1]
Indigenous missions
Fauquier held an assimilationist view of his responsibilities toward Indigenous peoples in the diocese. He supported the Shingwauk Home for Indian boys, opened in 1873, and the Wawanosh Home for Indian girls, opened in 1879, both institutions championed by Reverend Edward Francis Wilson at Sault Ste. Marie. Fauquier expressed the hope that Indigenous graduates, once prepared, would themselves work among their own communities for the purposes of evangelization.[1]
Death
Fauquier's wife died on 4 November 1881 at Mount Vernon, New York. Fauquier himself died a few weeks later, on 7 December 1881, in Toronto. Both were buried at the Shingwauk cemetery on 22 May 1882. He was succeeded as Bishop of Algoma by Edward Sullivan.[1]
During his eight-year episcopate, Fauquier expanded the diocese from seven to thirteen clergy, established thirty-four churches, seven parsonages, and a bishop's residence.[1]
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 F. A. Peake."F. A. Peake, "FAUQUIER, FREDERICK DAWSON," Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 11."[website].Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 11 (University of Toronto/Université Laval).1982.University of Toronto/Université Laval.Link.(Rights: copyrighted | Access: open)
- ↑ "F. D. Fauquier, Diaries, 1878, 1880, 1881."[record].Anglican Church of Canada, Diocese of Algoma Archive, Sault Ste Marie, Ontario.(Rights: unknown | Access: open)
- ↑ A. N. Bethune."Memoir of the Right Reverend John Strachan, D.D., LL.D., first bishop of Toronto."[book].1870.Toronto and London.(Rights: unknown | Access: open)
- ↑ Church of England, Ecclesiastical Province of Canada, Synod."Journal of the Proceedings."[record].1874, 1877, 1880.Quebec and Montreal.(Rights: unknown | Access: open)
- ↑ "Algoma Missionary News and Shingwauk Journal."[newspaper].1877–1881.Sault Ste Marie.(Rights: unknown | Access: open)
- ↑ "Evangelical Churchman."[newspaper].1881-12-15.Toronto.(Rights: unknown | Access: open)
- ↑ C. H. Mockridge."The bishops of the Church of England in Canada and Newfoundland."[book].1896.Toronto.(Rights: unknown | Access: open)
- ↑ C. F. Pascoe."Two hundred years of the S.P.G.: an historical account of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, 1701–1900."[book].1901.2 vols..London.(Rights: unknown | Access: open)
- ↑ O. R. Rowley et al.."The Anglican episcopate of Canada and Newfoundland."[book].1928–1961.2 vols..Milwaukee, Wis. and Toronto.(Rights: unknown | Access: open)
- ↑ D. M. Landon."Frederick Dawson Fauquier: pioneer bishop of Algoma."[book].Canadian Church Historical Society, Journal, vol. 11 (1969).1969.pp. 75–87.(Rights: unknown | Access: open)