Jared Osborn
{{short description|American-Canadian Anglican bishop (born 1986)}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Bishop
| honorific-prefix = The Right Reverend
| name = Jared Osborn
| title = Bishop Suffragan of the Diocese of the Arctic
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| church = Anglican Church of Canada
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| diocese = Arctic
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| term = 2025–present
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| other_post = Regional dean for Kivalliq
| ordination = July 11, 2015 (diaconate)
May 2016 (priesthood)
| ordained_by = Robert Duncan (diaconate)
| consecration = May 11, 2025
| consecrated_by = Greg Kerr-Wilson
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|04|23}}
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| nationality = American
Canadian
| education = {{ubl
| Cedarville University (B.S.)
| Trinity School for Ministry (M.Div.)
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| spouse = The Rev. Rebecca Osborn
| children = 3
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Jared Osborn (born April 23, 1986{{cite web |last1=Osborn |first1=Rebecca |title=Thirty |url=https://osbornfiber.com/2016/05/06/thirty/ |website=Osborn Fiber Studio |access-date=10 May 2025 |date=May 6, 2016}}) is a U.S.-born Canadian Anglican bishop. First ordained as a deacon in 2015 alongside his wife, Rebecca, Osborn's entire ministry has been spent as a missionary in Nunavut within the Anglican Church of Canada's Diocese of The Arctic, first in Iqaluit and then in Rankin Inlet. Since 2025, he has been one of three suffragan bishops of the Diocese of the Arctic.
Early life and education
Osborn grew up in Maryland and graduated from Montgomery Blair High School. He received his undergraduate education at Cedarville University. After working as a software engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, he and his wife, Rebecca Osborn, moved to Ambridge, Pennsylvania, to enroll in Trinity School for Ministry.{{cite web |title=Biographical Information |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250419122347/https://arcticanglicans.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Biographical-Infor-INUK-ENG-_-Jared-Osborn-1.pdf |publisher=Diocese of the Arctic |access-date=11 May 2025}}
Ordained ministry
While at Trinity, the Osborns attended an information session on ministry in the evangelical Diocese of the Arctic. After further conversation with diocesan staff, the visited Iqaluit and decided to go to the Arctic as missionaries.{{cite news |last1=Hwang |first1=Priscilla |title='It all started with a pizza': How an American priest learned Inuktitut in just over 1.5 years |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/anglican-priest-rebecca-osborn-america-iqaluit-inuktitut-sermon-1.3945173 |access-date=11 May 2025 |agency=CBC News |date=January 22, 2017}} In July 2015, they were ordained as deacons in the Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh, after which they relocated to Canada.{{cite web |last1=Klukas |first1=Christopher |title=Ministry in the Arctic |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230224090028/https://issuu.com/anglicandioceseofpittsburgh/docs/trinity_9-15_issuu |website=Trinity |publisher=Anglican Diocese of Pittsburgh |access-date=11 May 2025 |pages=16-17 |date=Summer 2015}}
The Osborns began their ministry at St. Jude's Cathedral in Iqaluit, where they shared an assisting clergy post and learned Inuktitut.{{cite news |last1=Folkins |first1=Tali |title=U.S. priests fall in love with Iqaluit |url=https://anglicanjournal.com/u-s-priests-fall-in-love-with-iqaluit/ |access-date=11 May 2025 |work=Anglican Journal |date=February 22, 2017}} They were ordained to the priesthood there in 2016. Jared spent one year as interim rector of the cathedral. In 2019, he was appointed priest in charge of Holy Comforter Anglican Church in Rankin Inlet and regional dean for Kivalliq. He is also an instructor at the diocese's Arthur Turner Training School.
On May 9, 2025, Osborn was elected a suffragan bishop at the diocesan synod in Edmonton, Alberta.{{cite news |title=Alexander Pryor elected bishop of the Arctic |url=https://anglican.ink/2025/05/10/alexander-pryor-elected-bishop-of-the-arctic/ |access-date=11 May 2025 |work=Anglican Ink |date=May 10, 2025}} Due to the high cost of travel in the Arctic, bishops from the Ecclesiastical Province of the Northern Lights were present to consent to the election, and Archbishop Greg Kerr-Wilson consecrated Keenainak as a bishop alongside new suffragan bishop Ann Martha Keenainak and diocesan bishop Alexander Pryor on May 11.{{cite news |title=Alexander Pryor new diocesan bishop of Arctic; Anna Martha Keenainak and Jared Osborn suffragans |url=https://anglicanjournal.com/alexander-pryor-new-diocesan-bishop-of-arctic-anna-martha-keenainak-and-jared-osborn-suffragans/ |access-date=16 May 2025 |work=Anglican Journal |date=May 15, 2025}}
Personal life
As of 2025, the Osborns lived in Rankin Inlet with their three daughters. They became Canadian citizens in 2022.{{cite web |last1=Osborn |first1=Rebecca |title=Fresh Canadian |url=https://osbornfiber.com/2022/05/26/fresh-canadian/ |website=Osborn Fiber Studio |access-date=10 May 2025 |date=May 26, 2022}} Osborn is a volunteer firefighter and was recognized in 2025 as fire officer of the year in Rankin Inlet.{{cite news |last1=Greer |first1=Darrell |title=Fire department awards presented in Rankin Inlet |url=https://www.nunavutnews.com/home/fire-department-awards-presented-in-rankin-inlet-7779221 |access-date=10 May 2025 |work=Nunavut News |date=January 29, 2025}}
References
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Category:21st-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops
Category:Anglican bishops of The Arctic
Category:Cedarville University alumni