David Crawley (bishop)

David Crawley (bishop)

David Perry Crawley was Archbishop of Kootenay and Metropolitan of British Columbia and Yukon from 1994 to 2004.[1]

He was born in 1937,[2] the son of the Rev. Canon George Antony Crawley and educated at the University of Manitoba. He was ordained in 1962 [3] and was the incumbent at St Thomas’, Sherwood Park until 1966. He was Canon Missioner at All Saints Cathedral, Edmonton from 1967 until 1970 and Rector of St Matthew’s, Winnipeg from 1971 until 1977. He was Archdeacon of Winnipeg from 1974 to 1977 and of Rupert’s Land until 1981. He was a Lecturer at St John’s College, Winnipeg from 1981 to 1982 after that Rector of St Michael and All Angels, Regina (1982–85) then St Paul’s, Vancouver (1985–90) before his elevation to the Episcopate.

  1. ^ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 9780713672576
  2. ^ and married in 1959
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0108153674
Religious titles
Preceded by
Robert Edward Fraser Berry
Bishop of Kootenay
Archbishop of Kootenay

1990–1994
2004–2010
Succeeded by
John Elswood Privett
Preceded by
Douglas Walter Hambidge
Metropolitan of British Columbia and Yukon
1994–2004
Succeeded by
Terrence Owen Buckle