Anthony John Burton is the former Anglican Bishop of Saskatchewan and, since 2008, the Rector of the Church of the Incarnation in Dallas, Texas.
Burton was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and educated at Trinity College at the University of Toronto; Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia; and the University of Oxford.[1][2][3]
Burton was ordained in the Diocese of Nova Scotia, where he served in two parishes on Cape Breton Island. In 1991 he moved to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, where he served as Dean and Rector of St. Alban’s Cathedral before being elected Bishop of the Diocese of Saskatchewan in 1993. At the time of his election Burton was the youngest bishop in the worldwide Anglican Communion and the youngest Canadian bishop of the 20th century. He spent a term as the Chair of the Council of the North and also served as a Co-Chair of the Canadian Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue, as the Episcopal Visitor to the South American Mission Society, and as patron or officer of a variety of institutions, societies, and organizations. He was a member of the Council of General Synod (the executive committee of General Synod) and of the council's planning committee.
He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Elliott House of Studies and, in addition, a member of the Living Church Foundation, the Steering Committee of the Communion Partner Rectors, and the Advisory Committee of the Anglican Communion Institute.
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| Preceded by Thomas Oliver Morgan |
Bishop of Saskatchewan 1993–2008 |
Succeeded by Michael Hawkins |
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