The Reverend Canon Susan Bell has been elected by the synod of the Diocese of Niagara to serve as coadjutor bishop, and ultimately succeed the Right Reverend Bishop Michael Bird on June 1, 2018.
Canon Susan Bell, 51, is a pioneering priest and former school chaplain who was ordained in 1997 by the Anglican Diocese of Toronto. She is presently the canon missioner for the Diocese of Toronto, an honorary assistant at St. James Cathedral, Toronto, and an associate priest at the parish of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Toronto. She is also a Ph.D. candidate in Church History at St. Michael’s College within the Toronto School of Theology. Read her election profile here.
A service to consecrate the bishop-elect is planned for Saturday, May 5, 2018, at Christ’s Church Cathedral in Hamilton.
