predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
john inglis frederick courtney 30 april 1887 sydney , nova scotia new york city , new york bishop of nova scotia 12 august 1819 1851 hibbert binney.jpg hibbert binney
 1887 hibbert binney
hibbert binney

hibbert binney -lrb- 12 august 1819 -- 30 april 1887 -rrb- was a canadian church of england bishop .
he was the fourth bishop of nova scotia from 1851 to 1887 .
born in sydney , nova scotia , the son of the reverend hibbert binney and henrietta amelia stout , hibbert binney sr. was the rector of st george 's church in sydney .
in 1823 , binney sr. returned to england with his family to become rector of newbury , berkshire .
binney jr. was educated at king 's college london , and received a bachelor of arts degree from worcester college , oxford in 1842 .
he was ordained deacon by the bishop of oxford richard bagot in 1842 and was appointed a fellow of worcester college .
in 1844 , he received his master of arts and was appointed tutor in 1846 .
in 1848 , he became bursar of worcester college .
in 1851 , binney was named bishop of nova scotia and was consecrated in london by archbishop john bird sumner of canterbury and assisted by bishops blomfield of london , wilberforce of oxford , and gilbert of chichester .
he was married to mary bliss -lrb- 1829 -- 1903 -rrb- , she was the daughter of william blowers bliss and sarah ann anderson .
