Stephen Andrews

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Stephen Andrews

Principal of Wycliffe College
Stephen Andrews at Shingwauk Gathering (cropped).jpg
Stephen Andrews at the Shingwauk Gathering and Conference, Algoma University, August 2012.
Other post(s) Bishop of Algoma (2009–2016)
Orders
Ordination1986 (diaconate)
1987 (priesthood)
ConsecrationJune 21, 2009
Personal details
Born
Stephen Gregory Weed Andrews

(1956-03-06) March 6, 1956 (age 68)
United States
Nationality Canadian
OccupationAnglican bishop, academic administrator
Alma mater University of Colorado, Regent College, Wycliffe College

Stephen Gregory Weed Andrews (born 1956) is an American-born Canadian Anglican bishop and academic administrator. He was Anglican Bishop of Algoma from 2009 to 2016. [1] [2] Since 2016, he has been principal of Wycliffe College, Toronto.

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Early life and education

He studied classics at the University of Colorado and theology at Regent College and Wycliffe College, gaining an M.Div. degree in 1984. After spending two years in London as a study assistant to John Stott, he was ordained in the Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island in 1986. [3] In 2016 Andrews was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Sacred Theology by Thorneloe University in Sudbury, Ontario. [4] In 2010 Bishop Andrews was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Divinity by Wycliffe College.

Andrews is married with two daughters. [5]

Ordained ministry

He then served as assistant curate at St Paul's, Halifax until 1990 and in 1994 was appointed rector of The Cathedral Church of St. Alban the Martyr in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan and Dean of Saskatchewan, serving in those roles until 2001. [6]

In 2001 he was appointed president, vice chancellor and provost of Thorneloe University, working in that capacity until his consecration as bishop of Algoma in 2008. He left the Diocese of Algoma to become principal of Wycliffe College, Toronto in August 2016. [7] [8]

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Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Dean of Saskatchewan
1994–2001
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Algoma
2009-2016
Succeeded by