Percy O'Driscoll

Percival Richard O'Driscoll (born 4 October 1938[1]) is a Canadian Anglican bishop.[2]

O'Driscoll was educated at Bishop's University and he was ordained in 1964.[3] He was a curate at St Matthias, Ottawa then at St John the Evangelist, Kitchener. He then held incumbencies at St Michael & All Angels, London and St Batholomew's, Sarnia. He was Dean of Huron (1980-87) and then its suffragan bishop until 1989 when he became the coadjutor bishop. He was its diocesan bishop from 1990 to 2000.[4] and also Metropolitan of Ontario for the last seven years of his episcopate.[5]

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
Derwyn Dixon Jones
Bishop of Huron
1990 2000
Succeeded by
Bruce Herbert Warren Howe
Preceded by
Edwin Keith Lackey
Metropolitan of Ontario[6]
1993 2000
Succeeded by
Terence Finlay

Notes

  1. Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
  2. Anglican Bishops of Canada
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76, Lambeth, Church House Publishing; ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  4. Diocesan website
  5. Metropolitans of Ontario
  6. With the supplementary title of Archbishop of Huron
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