David W. Parsons is a Canadian Anglican bishop.[1] He has been the bishop of the Diocese of The Arctic in northern Canada since 2012.[2]

He had previously served as regional dean of the Mackenzie Delta, and priest at Inuvik and Tulita in the Northwest Territories.[3] He was commissioned as an evangelist in 1989 in the then Church Army in Canada, now Threshold Ministries.[4]

He is a theological conservative. He and 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.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Canadian Anglican
  2. ^ "Threshold Ministries". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
  3. ^ "Inuvik priest elected bishop of Anglican Arctic diocese". CBC News North. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Parsons Elected Arctic Bishop". Threshold Ministries. 30 May 2012. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
  5. ^ ANiC Newsletter: 11 November 2013
Anglican Communion titles Preceded byAndrew Atagotaaluk Bishop of the Arctic 2012–present Incumbent
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