Andrew Asbil Explained

Type:bishop
Honorific-Prefix:The Right Reverend
Andrew Asbil
12th Bishop of Toronto
Church:Anglican Church of Canada
Province:Ontario
Diocese:Toronto
Term:2018–present
Predecessor:Colin Johnson
Other Post:Dean of Toronto, 2016–2018
Ordination:1989 (priesthood)
Consecration:September 29, 2018
Consecrated By:Colin Johnson
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Nationality:Canadian
Religion:Anglican
Parents:Walter Asbil
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Andrew Asbil (born 1961) is a Canadian Anglican clergyman who has served as 12th bishop of Toronto since January 2019, succeeding Colin Johnson.[1] His father, Walter Asbil, was Bishop of Niagara from 1991 to 1997.[2]

Life and career

Asbil attended the University of Waterloo and subsequently received his Master of Divinity degree in 1988 from Huron University College in London, Ontario.[1] He was ordained to the priesthood in 1989 and then served the Anglican Church of Canada in the dioceses of Niagara and Toronto.

He was Dean of Toronto[3] from 2016 until his consecration as bishop in September 2018.[4] On January 1, 2019, he became the diocesan bishop and was installed at the Cathedral Church of St. James in Toronto on January 13, 2019.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bishop of Toronto . Anglican Diocese of Toronto . 2020-11-23.
  2. Web site: Andrew Asbil elected diocese's coadjutor bishop. The Diocese of Toronto. 9 June 2018 . 2020-11-22.
  3. Web site: The Very Rev. Andrew J. Asbil. The Diocese of Toronto. 2020-11-22.
  4. Web site: Consecration of Bishop Andrew Asbil. YouTube. 2020-11-22.