Bishop Burton
At the time of his election in 1993, Bishop Anthony Burton was the youngest bishop in the world-wide Anglican Communion, and the youngest Canadian bishop that century. More than fourteen years later he is the second-youngest of the Canadian bishops, though now one of the most senior and experienced of them. He has just concluded a term as Chair of the Council of the North (representing a third of Canada's dioceses and 85% of its geography). He serves as Co-Chair of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue and as the Episcopal Visitor to the South American Missionary Society, as well as patron or officer of a variety of institutions, societies and organizations. At the recent General Synod he was elected to its executive committee, the Council of General Synod, and has since been elected by that Council to its planning committee.
Born and raised in Ottawa, Bishop Burton studied at the University of Toronto, Dalhousie University, and Oxford University. He was ordained in the Diocese of Nova Scotia, where he served in two parishes on Cape Breton Island, at which time he married Anna Erickson, a native of California. They moved in 1991 to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, where he served as Dean and Rector of St. Alban’s Cathedral. They have two children—Caroline (13) and Peter (11). Bishop Burton has many interests, particularly church growth, Spanish language and culture, and choral music. He is an enthusiastic runner.
