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he devoted himself unsparingly to the work of education, and during the seven years of his rectorship of the college succeeded in giving it a very prominent place as a pro— gressive and well equipped institution of learning.

In 1890 he was selected by the Holy See as coadjutor bishop of Charlottetown and was consecrated as such on August 28, 1890. He assumed his duties as bishop of the dio- cese on the death of his predecessor, which event took place in May, 1891. Since that time he has ever been an active worker in the cause of religion throughout his widened fields of labours, visiting all parts of his dio- cese and communicating the benefits of re- ligion to all classes. Since his appoint- ment as bishop the Roman Catholic church has made steady progress in the diocese of Charlottetown. New churches have sprung up in hitherto sparsely settled districts and old church buildings have been replaced by more substantial structures. Not the least among his successful undertakings is the building of a new cathedral, now in the course of construction, and also a magnifi- cently equipped hospital, which is open to all religious denominations.

His Lordship has twice visited the Eter- nal City since his appointment as bishop, once in 1895, and again in 1904. On the latter occasion he travelled extensively in the East, visiting the Holy Land and many other countries of historic interest.

ARTHUR ERNEST WILLIAMS, manager of the Charlottetown branch of the Bank of New Brunswick, was born at Bideford, Prince county, Prince Edward 'Island, on

June 16, 1869, and is a son of Albert Rich-

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ard and Mary Amelia (Hopgood) Williams, the former a native of Bideford, and the latter of Port Hill, also in Prince county. The paternal grandfather, Edward Williams, was a native of Bideford, Devonshire, Eng- land, and was one of a colony from that locality who came to Prince Edward Island naming their new location after their former home. The subject’s maternal grandfather, William Hopgood, who died in 1905, at the age of eighty-four years, settled at Pugwash, Nova Scotia, where he married Miss Wat- son. later removing to Prince Edward Is- land.

Albert Richard Williams was the young- est of a family of ten children, and upon attaining maturity he took up the vocation of farming, which he followed on the old homestead for some years. He' then sold the place and bought one hundred acres of land adjoining, on which he afterward resided. He was a public spirited man, serving as justice of the pace and in some of the county offices, and enjoyed the respect of all who knew him. His seven children were as follows: Beecher, of Bid- eford; Arthur E., the subject of this sketch; Edward Bayfield, an attorney at Summer- side; Ralph Clifford, who is an accountant in the Bank of Nova Scotia, at Boston, Massachusetts; Daisy, a graduate of the Prince Edward Island Hospital, and Rebie and Claude, who are at home with their mother on the old homestead.

Arthur E. Williams received his early education in the public schools and his first regular occupation was as a bookkeeper in a mercantile establishment. Hethen accepted a position in the branch of the Bank of

Nova Scc'ia at S-unmersule where he re-

mained one year, and was then assigned to the road, visiting the other branch banks.