Alma Mater: | University of King's CollegeTrinity College, University of Toronto |
Bishop Of: | Saskatchewan |
Consecration: | 2009 |
Diocese: | Saskatchewan |
Honorific-Prefix: | The Right Reverend |
Michael Hawkins | |
Ordination: | 1988 - deacon1989 - priest |
Predecessor: | Anthony J. Burton |
Spouse: | Kathryn Hawkins |
Michael W. Hawkins is a Canadian Anglican bishop. He was Bishop of Saskatchewan from 2009 until his retirement in 2023.[1] He was previously, from 2001 to 2009, the Dean of Saskatchewan and Rector of St Alban's Cathedral.
Hawkins studied at Dalhousie University and the University of King's College in Halifax before becoming a Master of Divinity at Trinity College, Toronto. He was ordained as a deacon in 1988 and a priest in June 1989. He then served as rector of Pugwash and River John from 1988 to 1993 and Petite Rivière and New Dublin from 1993 to 2001 in the Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. In 2001 he was appointed rector of St. Alban's Cathedral, Prince Albert and Dean of Saskatchewan. He was consecrated Bishop of Saskatchewan on 6 March 2009.[2]
In 2009, Hawkins received an honorary doctorate from the University of King's College.[3] [4]
Hawkins is a trustee of the Elliott House of Studies.