Gary Woolsey

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Gary Frederick Woolsey is a retired Anglican bishop in Canada.

Woolsey was born on 16 March 1942.^[1] In 1967 ^[2]he began his ministry as a priest-pilot in the Diocese of Keewatin. Later he held incumbencies at Big Trout Lake, Norway House and Churchill. From 1980 to 1983 he was Archdeacon of Keewatin when he was ordained to the episcopate as the 9th Bishop of Athabasca, a post he held until 1991.

In retirement Woolsey is an honorary assistant bishop in Calgary.^[3]

References

↑ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
↑ Anglican Communion

Religious titles
Preceded by Frederick Hugh Wright Crabb	Bishop of Athabasca 1983–1991	Succeeded by John Robert Clarke

v t e Bishops of Athabasca

William Bompas Richard Young George Holmes Edwin Robins Robert Renison Arthur Sovereign Reginald Pierce Frederick Crabb Gary Woolsey John Clarke Fraser Lawton

v t e Anglican Church of Canada

National Church	Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada

Ecclesiastical Provinces	British Columbia and Yukon Canada Ontario Rupert's Land

Dioceses	Algoma The Arctic Athabasca Brandon British Columbia Caledonia Calgary Anglican Parishes of the Central Interior Central Newfoundland Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador Edmonton Fredericton Huron Keewatin Kootenay Montreal Moosonee New Westminster Niagara Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island Ontario Ottawa Qu'Appelle Quebec Rupert's Land Saskatchewan Saskatoon Toronto Western Newfoundland Yukon Former: Cariboo Mackenzie River

Worship and Liturgy	Book of Common Prayer (Canada) Book of Alternative Services Calendar of saints (Anglican Church of Canada) Waterloo Declaration

Other	Anglican Journal

Persondata
Name	Woolsey, Gary Frederick
Alternative names
Short description	Bishop of Athabasca
Date of birth	1942
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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