Thomas David Somerville (November 11, 1915-July 25, 2011) was the sixth Bishop of New Westminster

Anglican Diocese of New Westminster

The Diocese of New Westminster is one of six dioceses of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and the Yukon of the Anglican Church of Canada. The See city is Vancouver. The current bishop is the Right Rev. Michael Ingham and the Dean of New Westminster is the Very Rev. Peter Elliott...

 and eighth Metropolitan of British Columbia

Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and the Yukon

The Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and the Yukon is one of four ecclesiastical provinces in the Anglican Church of Canada. It was founded in 1914 as the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia, but changed its name in 1943 when the Diocese of Yukon was incorporated from the...

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Somerville was born in Lytton, British Columbia

Lytton, British Columbia

Lytton in British Columbia, Canada, sits at the confluence of the Thompson River and Fraser River on the east side of the Fraser. The location has been inhabited by the Nlaka'pamux people for over 10,000 years, and is one of the earliest locations settled by non-natives in the Southern Interior of...

 and educated at the King George Secondary School

King George Secondary School

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 and the University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia

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 in Vancouver

Vancouver

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. Ordained in 1939, he had incumbencies

Vicar

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 in Princeton

Princeton, British Columbia

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, Sardis and Vancouver

Vancouver

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. He was Dean of Residence

Dean (education)

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 at the Anglican Theological College of British Columbia

Anglican Diocese of British Columbia

The Diocese of British Columbia is a diocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and the Yukon of the Anglican Church of Canada....

 then Coadjutor Bishop

Coadjutor bishop

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 of New Westminster

Anglican Diocese of New Westminster

The Diocese of New Westminster is one of six dioceses of the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and the Yukon of the Anglican Church of Canada. The See city is Vancouver. The current bishop is the Right Rev. Michael Ingham and the Dean of New Westminster is the Very Rev. Peter Elliott...

 and then its diocesan and Metropolitan of British Columbia

Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and the Yukon

The Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and the Yukon is one of four ecclesiastical provinces in the Anglican Church of Canada. It was founded in 1914 as the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia, but changed its name in 1943 when the Diocese of Yukon was incorporated from the...

 from 1975, retiring fom both positions in 1980.