Andrew Asbil

The Right Reverend Andrew Asbil
12th Bishop of Toronto
Bishop Asbil in 2019
Church	Anglican Church of Canada
Province	Ontario
Diocese	Toronto
In office	2018–present
Predecessor	Colin Johnson
Other posts	Dean of Toronto, 2016–2018
Orders
Ordination	1989 (priesthood)
Consecration	September 29, 2018 by Colin Johnson
Personal details
Born	1961 (age 63–64)
Nationality	Canadian
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Walter Asbil
Alma mater	University of Waterloo Huron University College

Andrew John Asbil (born 1961) is a Canadian Anglican clergyman who has served as 12th bishop of Toronto since January 2019, succeeding Colin Johnson. ^[1] His father, Walter Asbil, was Bishop of Niagara from 1991 to 1997. ^[2]

Life and career

Asbil attended the University of Waterloo and subsequently received his Master of Divinity degree in 1988 from Huron University College in London, Ontario. ^[1] He was ordained to the priesthood in 1989 and then served the Anglican Church of Canada in the dioceses of Niagara and Toronto.

He was Dean of Toronto ^[3] from 2016 until his consecration as bishop in September 2018. ^[4] On January 1, 2019, he became the diocesan bishop and was installed at the Cathedral Church of St. James in Toronto on January 13, 2019. ^[1]

References

1. "Bishop of Toronto". Anglican Diocese of Toronto. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
2. "Andrew Asbil elected diocese's coadjutor bishop". The Diocese of Toronto. 9 June 2018. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
3. "The Very Rev. Andrew J. Asbil". The Diocese of Toronto. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
4. "Consecration of Bishop Andrew Asbil". YouTube. October 2018. Retrieved 2020-11-22.

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Douglas Stoute	Dean of Toronto 2016–2018	Succeeded by Stephen Vail
Preceded by Colin Johnson	Bishop of Toronto 2019–present	Incumbent