Gordon Light

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{{Portal|Christianity}} Gordon Stanley Light[http://www.anglican.ca/news/bishop-gordon-light-to-be-installed-as-church-house-chaplain/3001982/ Anglican Church of Canada] (b 1944) was bishop of the Anglican parishes of the central interior from 2004 until 2008.[http://www.anglicanjournal.com/articles/bishop-light-announces-retirement-7829 Anglican Journal]

Light was educated at Carleton University and Trinity College, Toronto; and ordained in 1969.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1980–82 pp 952/3 London: OUP, 1983 {{ISBN|0-19-200010-1}} After a curacy at St. Paul's Cathedral, Kamloops he was the incumbent at St George, Edmonton then St Luke, Winnipeg. In 1984 he became dean of Cariboo, a post he held until he was appointed principal secretary to the primate, Michael Peers in 1992.

Light is a founding member of The Common Cup Company. He is a singer, songwriter and plays acoustic guitar.{{citation needed|date=June 2015}}

Personal life

Bishop Light has four children and two stepchildren. He lives in Kamloops BC, with his wife Barbara Liotscos.

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Category:21st-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops

Category:1945 births

Category:Living people

Category:Carleton University alumni

Category:Trinity College (Canada) alumni

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