David Parsons (bishop)
David W. Parsons (born 1954) is a Canadian Anglican bishop.[1] He was the bishop of the Diocese of The Arctic in northern Canada from 2012 until his retirement at the end of 2024.[2][3]
He had previously served as regional dean of the Mackenzie Delta, and priest at Inuvik and Tulita in the Northwest Territories.[4] He was commissioned as an evangelist in 1989 in the then Church Army in Canada, now Threshold Ministries.[5]
He is a theological conservative. He and then-suffragan bishop Darren McCartney were the only Anglican Church of Canada bishops to attend the Global Anglican Future Conference, held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 21 to 26 October 2013.[6]
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[edit]- ^ Canadian Anglican
- ^ "Threshold Ministries". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
- ^ Parsons, David (27 June 2024). "Bishop of the Arctic to retire at year's end". Anglican Journal. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
- ^ "Inuvik priest elected bishop of Anglican Arctic diocese". CBC News North. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
- ^ "Parsons Elected Arctic Bishop". Threshold Ministries. 30 May 2012. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
- ^ ANiC Newsletter: 11 November 2013
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