A Cyclopaedia of Canadian Biography: Being Chiefly Men of the Time by Rose

1868. Being too young for ordination, he remained in the school,

prosecuting his theological studies, until June, 1869, when he was ordained a deacon by the Bishop of Fredericton, the Right Rev. John Medley, D.D., in the parish church of St. Andrew’s, N.B. He was then appointed curate of St. Andrew’s, in which position he served the church for three and a half years, still retaining the mastership of the school. He was ordained priest in June, 1870, by the same bishop. In November, 1871, he was unanimously elected rector of Rothesay, Kings county, N.B., which he accepted, and took up his residence at Easter,