From Canada-Right Rev. Gregory Kerr-Wilson has been elected the ninth bishop in the Anglican Diocese of Calgary.
Kerr-Wilson, currently the bishop of Qu’Appelle, a diocese that covers southern Saskatchewan, was voted the new bishop by members of the clergy and laity from each of Calgary’s Anglican congregations on Saturday.
“I’m looking forward to being there, being with the people and getting on with the work,” he told the Herald on Monday.
Kerr-Wilson, who will be starting in September, brings a wealth of experience to his new post.
After earning a bachelor of applied science in bio-resource engineering from the University of British Columbia, Kerr-Wilson attended seminary for two years in Wisconsin in 1986.
From 1991 to 1998, he ran the parish in Brampton, Ont., and then spent almost eight years at All Saints’ Cathedral in Edmonton. In 2006, he was elected bishop of the Qu’Appelle diocese.
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