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Anglican bishop
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Male
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Birth:
1927
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University of Toronto
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Biography
Douglas Walter Hambidge was the seventh Bishop of Caledonia and New Westminster; and ninth Metropolitan of British Columbia.
He was bornin London on6 March 1927, educated at London University andordained in 1953. After a curacy at St Mark's, Dalston he held incumbencies at Cassiar, Smithers and Fort St John. In 1969 he became Bishop of Caledonia and in 1980 was translated to New Westminster. In 1981 he became Metropolitan of British Columbia, resigning in 1993. From then until his retirement Principal, St Mark's Theological College and an Assistant Bishop in Dar es Salaam.