Godfrey Philip Gower was the fifth Bishop of New Westminster and Metropolitan of British Columbia.
He was born on 5 December 1899, educated at

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and St. John's College, University of Manitoba and

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in 1931. He then held incumbencies in Camrose,

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and

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. He was elected Bishop of New Westminster in 1951 and Metropolitan of

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in 1968, retiring from both posts in 1971. He died on 23 August 1992.

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1899 births Clergy from London Alumni of Imperial College London Anglican bishops of New Westminster 20th-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops 20th-century Anglican archbishops Metropolitans of British Columbia 1987 deaths {{Canada-Anglican-bishop-stub