Claude Weston Miller (26 June 1944 – 27 June 2023) was the ninth
Anglican
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...
bishop (later archbishop) of
Fredericton
Fredericton (; ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The city is situated in the west-central portion of the province along the Saint John River, which flows west to east as it bisects the city. The river is the do ...
and
Metropolitan of Canada The Ecclesiastical Province of Canada, founded in 1860, forms one of four ecclesiastical provinces in the Anglican Church of Canada. Despite modern use of the name ''Canada'', the ecclesiastical province covers only the former territory of Lower Can ...
. He retired on June 26, 2014 upon reaching his 70th birthday, and accepted the exceptional appointment as Episcopal Administrator until his successor,
David Edwards, was consecrated as Bishop on September 20, 2014.
Miller was born in New Brunswick and worked in
civil engineering until his calling to the
priesthood. He was
ordained in 1988, rising to the rank of
Archdeacon
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by 2000. He and his wife Sharon have two daughters.
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Anglican bishops of Fredericton
21st-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops
21st-century Anglican archbishops
Metropolitans of Canada
1944 births
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