Walter Asbil Explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific Prefix:The Right Reverend
Walter Asbil
Bishop of Niagara
Church:Anglican Church of Canada
Diocese:Niagara
Elected:1991
Term:1991–1997
Retired:-->
Predecessor:John Bothwell
Successor:Ralph Spence
Ordination:1957
Birth Name:Walter Gordon Asbil
Birth Date:3 October 1932
Alma Mater:Sir George Williams University (BA)
McGill University (BDiv)
Montreal Diocesan Theological College (Licentiate of Theology)

Walter Gordon Asbil (October 3, 1932 – April 8, 2023) was a Canadian Anglican bishop.

Early life and education

Asbil was born on October 3, 1932. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Sir George Williams University in 1954, then a bachelor of divinity from McGill University as well as a licentiate of theology from the Montreal Diocesan Theological College in 1957.

Career

Ordained in 1957,[1] his first ministry position was at Aylwin River Desert. He held incumbencies at South Shore, Montreal, St Stephen's Montreal, St George's Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, and St George's in St Catharines, Ontario.[2]

From 1986 to 1990, he was Dean of Christ Church Cathedral in Ottawa, after which he became coadjutor bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Niagara and then its diocesan bishop in 1991.[3] He retired in 1997.

Personal life and death

Asbil's son, Andrew Asbil, became the Dean of Toronto in 2016. On June 9, 2018, it was announced that Andrew Asbil was elected as Coadjutor Bishop of Toronto and would become the 12th Bishop of Toronto after the retirement of Archbishop Colin Johnson at the end of 2018.[4]

Asbil died on April 8, 2023, at the age of 90.[5]

References and notes

  1. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
  2. [Who's Who]
  3. http://www.niagara.anglican.ca/bishopStaff/bishopsofniagara.cfm Diocese of Niagara website
  4. Web site: Andrew Asbil elected diocese’s coadjutor bishop . Stuart Mann . . April 16, 2023.
  5. Web site: In Memoriam: The Right Reverend Walter Asbil (1932-2023) . . April 16, 2023.