Percy O'Driscoll

Percival Richard O'Driscoll (born 4 October 1934[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 (1980–86) and then its suffragan bishop until 1989 when he became the coadjutor bishop. He was its diocesan bishop from 1991 to 1999.[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
1991 1999
Succeeded by
Bruce Herbert Warren Howe
Preceded by
Edwin Keith Lackey
Metropolitan of Ontario[6]
1992 1999
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 Archived 2012-07-29 at Archive.is
  5. Metropolitans of Ontario Archived 2010-05-27 at the Wayback Machine.
  6. With the supplementary title of Archbishop of Huron



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