Ronald Wayne "Ron" Cutler is a Canadian Anglican bishop. He became Bishop of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island in 2014 and was elected

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in 2017. Cutler was born in

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and educated at

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. He was ordained in 1981 and served at

Twillingate Twillingate is a town of 2,121 people located on the Twillingate Islands ("Toulinquet") in Notre Dame Bay, off the north eastern shore of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The town is about north o ...

, Smith's Sound,

Sydney Mines Sydney Mines ( Scottish Gaelic: ''Mèinnean Shidni'') is a community and former town in Canada's Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Regional Municipality. Founded in 1784 and incorporated as a town in 1889, Sydney Mines has a rich history in coal produ ...

Baddeck Baddeck () is a village in northeastern Nova Scotia, Canada. It is situated in the centre of Cape Breton, approximately 6 km east of where the Baddeck River empties into Bras d'Or Lake. Local governance is provided by the rural municipalit ...

and

Lower Sackville Lower Sackville is a community within the urban area of Halifax Regional Municipality, in Nova Scotia, Canada. History Before the European colonization in 1749, the Mi'kmaq lived in this area for thousands of years. In August 1749, Captai ...

. He became a suffragan bishop in 2008 and was elected as the

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on 22 November 2013. He was installed as the Bishop of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island on 5 May 2014."Right Rev. Ron Cutler to be installed as bishop of N.S., P.E.I."
''The Chronicle Herald'', 5 May 2014
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on 4 March 2016. In 2017 he was elected Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada, which encompasses southern and eastern

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, the

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, and

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. On January 9, 2020, Cutler announced his retirement from both positions effective July 31.

References

External links

Official page at Anglican Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island
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