Roper was educated at
Keble College, Oxford. Ordained in 1882, he began his ministry with a
curacy at
Herstmonceux and was then as
chaplain of
Brasenose College, Oxford. In 1886, he was appointed
Professor of
Divinity at
Trinity College, Toronto and also served as
parish priest of St Thomas's
Toronto. He was then
Professor of
Theology at the
General Theological Seminary,
New York City In 1912 he became the third
Bishop of British Columbia and was
translated to be the
Bishop of Ottawa three years later, serving for 24 years - the last six as the
Metropolitan of Ontario. == References ==