Peter Wall is a Canadian

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priest and the retired

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. From October 2022 to January 2024, he has been Interim

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and Priest-in-Charge of the Cathedral Church of St. James.

Biography

Wall was born in

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, educated at the

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and

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in 1989. His first post was as Rector of St. Mark's by the Lake in St. Clair Beach, Ontario. He was Rector of Bishop Cronyn Memorial Church,

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from 1993 to 1998, he has been

since then.The Pilgrim’s Guide to CHRIST’S CHURCH CATHEDRAL, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
/ref> He is the father of two children. Wall sang as a boy, earned his degree at the University of Toronto in voice, and sang professionally with a number of organizations, including the

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. He taught voice at the

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. As a priest, Wall has continued to sing, performing at charity fundraising events as a member of a vocal trio of three priests that came together in the 1997, the "Three Cantors." The group includes Wall, David Pickett and

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. Wall, who has a "huge bass/baritone voice," has also sung with Symphony Hamilton. In 1994 he was chosen as the guest speaker at the "healing and memorial service" to commemorate International AIDS Day, a nondenominational service held at All Saints Anglican Church at City Hall Square,

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. Wall retired as rector of Christ’s Church Cathedral and Dean of Niagara, effective September 30, 2019. He served the

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with distinction for 30 years, with passions for liturgy, stewardship, music and good governance. In Wall's words, “being rector of the Cathedral and dean of this diocese has been a privilege and an honour beyond anything I ever might have dreamed or imagined.”

References

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