Bishop Michael Bird has been appointed as diocesan administrator, effective Sept. 21, 2025 until a new bishop is installed following the February 28 election. Bishop Bird now resides in the Diocese of Ottawa, but he was the 11th bishop of the Diocese of Niagara from 2008 until he retired in 2018.
The Rev. Bob Albert has been appointed Incumbent of the Parish of Huntley, effective July 2.
The. Rev. Dr. Christopher Brittain, Dean of Divinity and Margaret E. Fleck Chair in Anglican Studies at Trinity College in the University of Toronto, has been appointed to the Cathedral Canonry of St. Anslem and as Canon Theologian, effective May 16, 2025. He will be formally installed at the Synod Eucharist on Oct. 23, 2025.
The Rev. Canon Dr. Peter John Hobbs, director general of the Anglican Community Ministries, will retire, effective Feb. 1, 2026. Making the announcement, Archbishop Shane expressed his heartfelt thanks for Hobbs’ thirty-three years of devoted ministry in the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa.
The Rev. Dr. Sarah Kathleen Johnson has been appointed as an honorary canon of the Diocese of Ottawa, effective on the Feast of Saint Mary Magdalene, July 22, 2025. The appointment recognizes Johnson’s work and true friendship as an ecumenical partner to the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa and the Anglican Church of Canada, in addition to her valuable ministry as a scholar, teacher, and mentor at Saint Paul University. Canon Johnson’s appointment will be liturgically acknowledged during the Diocesan Synod Eucharist on Oct. 23, 2025.
The Reverend Lee Lambert has been appointed as Incumbent of the Parish of St. Stephen’s Ottawa, effective Aug. 21, 2025.
The Rev. Felix Longdon has been appointed as Incumbent of the Parish of the Lower Ottawa Valley, effective Aug. 1, 2025.
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