David Edwards (bishop)

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| type = bishop

| honorific_prefix = The Most Reverend

| name = David Edwards

| honorific_suffix = DD

| title = 10th Archbishop of Fredericton

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| church = Anglican Church of Canada

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| province = Canada

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| diocese = Fredericton

| elected = 10 May 2014

| term = 20 September 2014–present

| predecessor = Claude Miller

| successor = Incumbent

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| other_post = 25th Metropolitan of Canada (2020—Present)

| ordination = 1995 Deacon
1996 Priest

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| consecration = 2014

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| birth_place = Shropshire, England

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| nationality = British, Canadian

| religion = Anglican

| residence = Fredericton

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| spouse = Janet Edwards (d. 2018)
Debbie Edwards (m. 2020)

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| alma_mater = Loughborough University

Homerton College, Cambridge

University of Kent at Canterbury

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David Edwards is the tenth Anglican Bishop of Fredericton, Canada.{{cite web|title=The Right Rev'd David Edwards: Diocesan Bishop of Fredericton|url=http://anglican.nb.ca/bishop/bishop.html|website=The Anglican Diocese of Fredericton|accessdate=5 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129223037/http://www.anglican.nb.ca/bishop/bishop.html|archive-date=29 November 2014|url-status=dead}} He was elected coadjutor bishop at a synod in Fredericton on 10 May 2014 {{cite news|title=New Bishop elected in Fredericton|url=http://www.anglicanjournal.com/articles/new-bishop-elected-in-fredericton|accessdate=5 November 2014|work=Anglican Journal|date=12 May 2014}} and, subsequently, installed as diocesan bishop on September 20, 2014.{{cite news|title=David John Edwards 10th Bishop of Fredericton|url=http://anglican.nb.ca/nb_ang/pdf/nba1411.pdf|accessdate=9 December 2014|work=New Brunswick Anglican|date=November 2014}} He succeeded the ninth Bishop, the Most Reverend Claude Miller, who retired on 23 June 2014. He was elected Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada and assumed that position on 1 August 2020.{{cite web|title=New Metropolitan Elected|url=http://province-canada.anglican.org/2020/06/17/new-metropolitan-elected/|website=The Ecclesiastical Province of Canada|accessdate=22 February 2021}}

David Edwards was born and educated in Shropshire, England. He studied at Loughborough University and Homerton College, Cambridge and worked as a high school history teacher prior to completing diplomas in Religious and Evangelism Studies followed by a Masters of Arts in Applied Theology at the University of Kent at Canterbury.

Both prior to and following his ordination in 1995, Archbishop Edwards served in ministry in the Diocese of Chelmsford in England, including as Bishop’s Advisor in Evangelism and in the [http://www.parishofhighongar.org/ Parish of High Ongar]. He moved to New Brunswick in 1998 to be Principal of [https://web.archive.org/web/20150102122954/http://thresholdministries.ca/college/ Taylor College of Evangelism]. He has also served in parishes in Saint John and as Parish Development Officer for the Diocese of Fredericton.

He was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Divinity from Wycliffe College (University of Toronto) in May 2015 and now serves on the College's Board of Trustees. On behalf of the Anglican Church of Canada, he also serves as Liaison Bishop to The Mission to Seafarers Canada.