David Greenwood | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Athabasca | |
| Church | Anglican Church of Canada |
| Province | Northern Lights |
| Diocese | Athabasca |
| In office | Since 2020 |
| Predecessor | Fraser Lawton |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 2004 (diaconate) 2015 (priesthood) |
| Consecration | 21 February 2020 by Greg Kerr-Wilson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14 September 1963 Camrose, Alberta, Canada |
David Adrian Greenwood (born 14 September 1963) is a Canadian Anglican bishop and IT professional. Since 2020 he has been bishop of the Diocese of Athabasca in northern Alberta.
Greenwood was born in Camrose, Alberta, in 1963. He married Benita at age 19, and they had four children and eventually 14 grandchildren. [1] In 1988, the Greenwoods moved to Fort McMurray, where David spent 30 years working in information technology for Syncrude Canada as a programmer, systems designer and architect, and supervisor. [2]
After discerning a call to ministry, Greenwood began studying for ordination in the 1990s. In 2004, he was ordained as a vocational deacon. Starting in 2012, he discerned a call to the priesthood and was ordained to that order in 2015 at St. James' Cathedral in Peace River. [1] [2] Prior to his election as bishop in November 2019, Greenwood was priest in charge of All Saints' Church in Athabasca. He was consecrated as a bishop on 21 February 2020 in at St. James' Cathedral. [3]
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