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ORDINATION
Bishop Townshend announces that the following will be called to the Diaconate at a service of Ordination to be held on Trinity Sunday, 31 May 2026, at 4:30 pm at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London:
• Mrs. Kathleen Aitken, upon ordination Deacon Assistant to the Rector of Trinity, Durham;
• Mr. Brent Krysa;
• Ms Annette Procunier, upon ordination Deacon Assistant to Rector of St. George’s, Goderich and Christ Church, Port Albert.
Clergy are invited to vest, the colour being white. Please hold our ordinands in your prayers as they prepare to enter into Holy Orders.
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On behalf of Bishop Townshend, the Venerable Matthew Kieswetter will induct the Reverend Tom Stradwick as the Rector of St. John’s, Tillsonburg, TODAY, Sunday, 15 March 2026 at 4:00 p.m.
Bishop Townshend appoints the Reverend Canon Dr Preston Parsons as the Diocesan Ecumenical Officer, effective 15 March 2026. Preston is the Rector of St. John’s, Kitchener and the Canon Theologian of the Diocese.
Bishop Townshend appoints the Reverend Brendon Bedford as the Diocesan Liturgical Officer, effective 15 March 2026. Brendon is the Rector of Christ Church, Meaford.
Bishop Townshend has accepted the resignation of the Reverend Joel Steiner as the Rector of Holy Trinity, Kitchener, effective 20 June 2026, with his last Sunday in the parish being 7 June. Joel will be beginning full-time study towards the Ph.D. at Wycliffe College, Toronto School of Theology. From 21 June, he will hold a General Permit of the Bishop of Huron.