Ronald Curry Ferris (born 2 July 1945) is a

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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

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. 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,

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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 if Canada in 2004. He disapproved of the pro-homosexuality policies taken by some dioceses of the Anglican Church of Canada and decided to leave it. 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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