Jervois Arthur Newnham was an Anglican bishop in Canada from 1893 to 1921.
Born into an ecclesiastical family in 1852,His father was the Rev. G. W. Newnham, sometime Vicar of Combe Down "Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 he was educated at McGill University and began his ordained ministry as a curate at Christ Church Cathedral, Montreal after which he was the incumbent of Onslow. Later he was the rector of St Matthias' Montreal.Church web-site He became the Bishop of Moosonee in 1891Bishops of Moosonee and was translated to Saskatchewan in 1904.Bishops of Saskatchewan He returned to England in 1921, becoming the rector of Clifton, Bedfordshire
Newnham died on 12 January 1941.The Times, 14 January 1941; pg. 1; Issue 48823; col A, Deaths
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