David Parsons (bishop)

The Right Reverend Captain David W. Parsons
Bishop of the Arctic
Church	Anglican Church of Canada
Diocese	Arctic
In office	2012–2024
Predecessor	Andrew Atagotaaluk
Successor	Alexander Pryor
Orders
Ordination	2004 (priesthood)
Consecration	3 June 2012 by  David Ashdown
Personal details
Born	1954 (age 70–71)

David W. Parsons (born 1954) is a Canadian Anglican bishop. ^[1] He was the bishop of the Diocese of The Arctic in northern Canada from 2012 until his retirement at the end of 2024. ^{[2] [3]}

He had previously served as regional dean of the Mackenzie Delta, and priest at Inuvik and Tulita in the Northwest Territories. ^[4] He was commissioned as an evangelist in 1989 in the then Church Army in Canada, now Threshold Ministries. ^[5]

He is a theological conservative. He and then-suffragan bishop Darren McCartney were the only Anglican Church of Canada bishops to attend the Global Anglican Future Conference, held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 21 to 26 October 2013. ^[6]

Notes

1. Canadian Anglican
2. "Threshold Ministries". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2015-09-01.
3. Parsons, David (27 June 2024). "Bishop of the Arctic to retire at year's end". Anglican Journal. Retrieved 3 January 2025.
4. "Inuvik priest elected bishop of Anglican Arctic diocese". CBC News North. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
5. "Parsons Elected Arctic Bishop". Threshold Ministries. 30 May 2012. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
6. ANiC Newsletter: 11 November 2013

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Andrew Atagotaaluk	Bishop of the Arctic 2012–2024	Succeeded by Alexander Pryor