Ron Cutler (bishop)

{{Short description|Canadian Anglican archbishop}}

{{for|the American radio broadcaster|Ron Cutler (radio broadcaster)}}

{{Portal|Christianity}}Ronald Wayne "Ron" Cutler is a Canadian Anglican bishop. He became Bishop of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island in 2014 and was elected Metropolitan of Canada in 2017.

Cutler was born in Montreal and educated at McGill University.[http://www.ukings.ca/people/ronald-cutler/ ukings.ca] (broken link)

He was ordained in 1981 and served at Twillingate, Smith's Sound, Sydney Mines, Baddeck and Lower Sackville. He became a suffragan bishop in 2008 and was elected as the Diocesan on 22 November 2013.[http://albertonolearyparish.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/new-bishop-elect-right-revd-ronald.html "New Bishop Elect - The Right Revd Ronald Cutler"], Parish of Alberton-O'Leary, 23 November 2013. He was installed as the Bishop of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island on 5 May 2014.[http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1205468-right-rev-ron-cutler-to-be-installed-as-bishop-of-ns-pei "Right Rev. Ron Cutler to be installed as bishop of N.S., P.E.I."], The Chronicle Herald, 5 May 2014; [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031157/http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1205468-right-rev-ron-cutler-to-be-installed-as-bishop-of-ns-pei archived] on 4 March 2016. In 2017 he was elected Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada, which encompasses southern and eastern Quebec, the Maritimes, and Newfoundland and Labrador.[https://www.anglicanjournal.com/province-of-canada-elects-cutler-as-metropolitan/ "Province of Canada elects Cutler as metropolitan"], Anglican Journal, 8 May 2017.

On January 9, 2020, Cutler announced his retirement from both positions effective July 31.{{Cite web|url=https://www.anglicanjournal.com/bishop-of-n-s-p-e-i-to-retire/|title = Bishop of N.S., P.E.I. To retire|date = 9 January 2020}}