Ronald Curry Ferris (born 2 July 1945) is a Canadian

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. A former bishop of the

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, he now serves as an assistant bishop of the

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. He is married to Jan, has six adult children and several grandchildren, and lives in Langley, British Columbia. Ferris was educated at

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He was ordained an Anglican priest in 1970. He has doctorates in sacred theology, ministry and theology. He had incumbencies at St Luke's Church,

Old Crow, Yukon Old Crow is a community in the Canadian territory of Yukon. Located in a periglacial environment, the community is situated on the Porcupine River in the far northern part of the territory. Old Crow is the only Yukon community that cannot ...

, and St Stephen's Memorial Church,

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. In 1981 he became the

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. He was translated to be the Bishop of Algoma in 1995 and resigned that see in September 2008. A theological conservative, he was candidate at the election for Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada in 2004. He disapproved of the pro-homosexuality policies taken by some dioceses of the Anglican Church of Canada and decided to leave. He was received as a bishop of the

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in January 2009 by Archbishop

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. Ferris became an

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for the Anglican Network in Canada, a founding diocese of the

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, in June 2009. Ferris' main focus is church planting in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, while he also assists the moderator bishop. He became the vicar of a newly founded parish in Langley, the Church of Ascension.Bishop Ron Ferris Biography at the Anglican Network in Canada Official Website
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