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Augustine Scriven (1852 – 21 July 1916) was an eminent Anglican priest in the last decades of the nineteenth century and the first two of the twentieth.

He was born in Spernall, Sambourne, Warwickshire and educated at St Mary Hall, Oxford and ordained in 1875. After curacies at Kirkham and Frindsbury he held incumbencies at Martinhoe and St Peter, Rochester. In 1884 he became Archdeacon of Vancouver a post he held until his appointment to the episcopate as Bishop of British Columbia in 1915.

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1. The Times, Monday, 24 July 1916; p. 11; Issue 41227; col E Obituaries Two Colonial Bishops
2. British Columbia Archival Union List Archived October 24, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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4. University Intelligence The Times Thursday, 5 April 1888; p. 10; Issue 32352; col C
5. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
6. "Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
7. Genuki (2)
8. Gen Forum
9. The Times, Friday, 6 August 1915; p. 13; Issue 40926; col G New Bishop of British Columbia

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