James Williams (bishop)
James William Williams was a Canadian Church of England priest, bishop, and educator.
Born in Overton, Hampshire, United Kingdom, the son of David Williams and Sarah Eliza, Williams graduated from Pembroke College, Oxford in 1851. He was ordained deacon in 1852 and received his ordination as a priest in 1855. Williams immigrated to Lower Canada in 1857 when he was appointed rector of the Lennoxville grammar school which conferred upon Parliament the responsibility of protecting the educational rights of minorities.
