David Crawley (bishop)

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David Perry Crawley was Archbishop of Kootenay and Metropolitan of British Columbia and Yukon from 1994 to 2004.^[1]

He was born in 1937,^[2] the son of the Rev. Canon George Antony Crawley and Lucy Lillian Ball, and educated at the University of Manitoba and the University of Kent at Canterbury. He was ordained in 1961 ^[3] and was the incumbent at St Thomas', Sherwood Park until 1966. He was Canon Missioner at All Saints Cathedral, Edmonton from 1967 until 1970 and Rector of St Matthew's, Winnipeg from 1971 until 1977. He was Archdeacon of Winnipeg from 1974 to 1977 and of Rupert's Land until 1981. He was a Lecturer at St John's College, Winnipeg from 1981 to 1982 after that Rector of St Michael and All Angels, Regina (1982–85).

In 1985 he became the twelfth rector of St. Paul's, Vancouver where he sought to heal the relationship between the parish and the local LGBT community and to minister to the members of that community who were at the time dealing with the AIDS crisis. He wrote an account of his experiences in A parish transformed.^[4] In 1990 he resigned his position at St Paul's on being elected to the episcopate (as Bishop of Kootenay) in 1990.^[5]

He has been twice married and has three daughters.

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References

↑ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
↑ and married in 1959
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
↑ David Crawley, A Parish Transformed. In Charles Hefling (Ed), Our Selves, Our Souls and Bodies. Cambridge, Mass: Cowley Publications. 1996.
↑ "Overseas Appointments" . Church Times . No. 6633. 30 March 1990. p. 4. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 22 July 2019– via UK Press Online archives.

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Preceded by Fraser Berry	Bishop of Kootenay 1990–2004	Succeeded by John Privett
Preceded by Douglas Hambidge	Metropolitan of British Columbia and Yukon 1994–2004	Succeeded by Terry Buckle

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[1] Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8

[2] rried in 1959

[3] Crockford's Clerical Directory1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X

[4] David Crawley, A Parish Transformed. In Charles Hefling (Ed), Our Selves, Our Souls and Bodies. Cambridge, Mass: Cowley Publications. 1996.

[5] "Overseas Appointments" . Church Times . No. 6633. 30 March 1990. p. 4. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 22 July 2019– via UK Press Online archives.

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