David Torraville

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David Torraville [1] has been the Bishop of Central Newfoundland since 2005. [2]

Torraville was educated at Memorial University. He was a teacher for five years before being ordained in 1986. He was a Curate at Twillingate and then the incumbent at St. Martin's Cathedral, Gander.

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