Walter Gordon Asbil (October 3, 1932 – April 8, 2023) was a Canadian Anglican bishop.
Walter Asbil | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Niagara | |
| Church | Anglican Church of Canada |
| Diocese | Niagara |
| Elected | 1991 |
| In office | 1991–1997 |
| Predecessor | John Bothwell |
| Successor | Ralph Spence |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1957 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Walter Gordon Asbil October 3, 1932 |
| Died | April 8, 2023 (aged 90) |
| Alma mater | Sir George Williams University (BA) McGill University (BDiv) Montreal Diocesan Theological College (Licentiate of Theology) |
Early life and education
editAsbil 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
editOrdained 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
editAsbil'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
edit- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1975–76. Lambeth, Church House, 1975, ISBN 0-19-200008-X.
- ^ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
- ^ Diocese of Niagara website
- ^ Stuart Mann. "Andrew Asbil elected diocese's coadjutor bishop". Anglican Church of Canada. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
- ^ "In Memoriam: The Right Reverend Walter Asbil (1932-2023)". Anglican Diocese of Niagara. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
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