REV. HENRY ROGERS COLEMAN 
     
     1926 - 1933 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     Rev. H.R. Coleman, son of Henry Rogers, Sr. and Annie May (Chamberlain) Coleman, 
     
     was born at Saint John, New Brunswick on July 31, 1901. Following completion of his 
     
     elementary and secondary education in local schools, he attended University College in Toronto 
     
     where he studied liberal arts. Remaining in Toronto, he completed theological training at 
     
     Wycliffe College. 
     
    

    
     Rev. Coleman was ordained deacon in St. Alban’s Cathedral, Toronto, on May 31, 1926 
     
     by Archbishop Sweeney. A little over a year later, on June 12, 1927, he was ordained priest 
     
     by Archbishop Worrell in All Saints’ Cathedral, Halifax. 
     
    

    
     During the summers of 1919 to 1924, Rev. Coleman assisted at Sunday services in the 
     
     Parish of Rothesay, New Brunswick. He worked with Rev. Canon Daniels who ministered to 
     
     the congregations of seven churches. Following this, he spent a year as student in charge at a 
     
     lumber camp in Nicholson Siding near Chaplean, Ontario. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Parish of Port Hill welcomed Rev. Henry R. Coleman in the year 1926. 
     
    
   
   
    
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