Peter Trimble Rowe was a Canadian minister who served as the first bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Alaska

Episcopal Diocese of Alaska

The Episcopal Diocese of Alaska is the diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America with jurisdiction over the state of Alaska. Established in 1895, it has the largest geographical reach of any diocese in the Episcopal Church, with approximately 7,000 members spread across 53...

. He was born in Meadowville, Ontario, Canada, receiving his Bachelors degree in 1878, his Masters degree in 1880, and his doctorate of divinity in 1895, from Trinity College, Toronto.

He was ordained to the diaconate in 1878 and the priesthood in 1880, by Frederick Dawson Fauquier, bishop of the Diocese of Algoma.

He was appointed Missionary Bishop of Alaska in 1895, and consecrated on November 30, 1895. His principal consecrators were William Croswell Doane

William Croswell Doane

The Right Reverend William Croswell Doane was the 1st Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Albany in the United States. He was bishop from 1869 until his death in 1913. As a student at Burlington College, New Jersey , he was a founding member of a chapter of the college society St...

, Ozi William Whittaker, and Thomas A. Starkey. Rowe died in Victoria, British Columbia

Victoria, British Columbia

Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...

in 1942.