David Greenwood (bishop)
David Greenwood | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Athabasca | |
| Church | Anglican Church of Canada |
| Province | Northern Lights |
| Diocese | Athabasca |
| In office | Since 2020 |
| Predecessor | Fraser Lawton |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 2004 (diaconate) 2015 (priesthood) |
| Consecration | 21 February 2020 by Greg Kerr-Wilson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 September 1963 Camrose, Alberta, Canada |
David Adrian Greenwood (born 14 September 1963) is a Canadian Anglican bishop and IT professional. Since 2020 he has been bishop of the Diocese of Athabasca in northern Alberta.
Biography
[edit]Greenwood was born in Camrose, Alberta, in 1963. He married Benita at age 19, and they had four children and eventually 14 grandchildren.[1] In 1988, the Greenwoods moved to Fort McMurray, where David spent 30 years working in information technology for Syncrude Canada as a programmer, systems designer and architect, and supervisor.[2]
After discerning a call to ministry, Greenwood began studying for ordination in the 1990s. In 2004, he was ordained as a vocational deacon. Starting in 2012, he discerned a call to the priesthood and was ordained to that order in 2015 at St. James' Cathedral in Peace River.[1][2] Prior to his election as bishop in November 2019, Greenwood was priest in charge of All Saints' Church in Athabasca. He was consecrated as a bishop on 21 February 2020 in at St. James' Cathedral.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Meet Our Bishop". Diocese of Athabasca. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ a b Kidd, Joelle (21 November 2019). "Athabasca elects new bishop". Anglican Journal. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ "Episcopal Electoral Synod names All Saints' Athabasca priest David Greenwood as Bishop-elect" (PDF). The Messenger. January 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
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