Todd Townshend Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Reverend
Todd Townshend
14th Bishop of Huron
Church:Anglican Church of Canada
Province:Ecclesiastical Province of Ontario
Diocese:Huron
Elected:October 26, 2019
Term:2020–Present
Predecessor:The Most Rev. Linda Nicholls
Consecration:January 25, 2020
Consecrated By:The Most Rev. Anne Germond
Birth Name:Robert Todd Townshend
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Nationality:Canadian
Religion:Anglican
Spouse:Stacey Townshend
Children:3

Todd Townshend (born August 19, 1967) is the 14th Bishop of The Diocese of Huron in the Anglican Church of Canada.[1] He was Ordained to the diaconate May 14, 1992, ordained to the priesthood on November 30, 1992, and Consecrated a Bishop and Installed as the 14th Bishop of Huron at St. Paul's Cathedral, London, ON on Saturday January 25, 2020.[2]

Townshend received a BSc from the University of Waterloo in 1989, an MDiv with honours from Huron University College in 1992, and a ThD from the University of Toronto and Wycliffe College in 2007. His dissertation is titled "The Sacramentality of Preaching".[3]

Townshend has served in several London parishes.[4] Townshend also served as the Dean of the Faculty of Theology at Huron University College between 2013 and 2019.[5] Prior to assuming his role as Dean of the Faculty, Townshend taught at Huron University College since 2002 in a variety of roles including Professor of Homiletics and Pastoral Theology and Associate Professor of Contextual Theology.

Townshend chairs various diocesan committees and has chaired or continues to serve on various national committees of the Anglican Church of Canada.

Personal life

Townshend's grandfather (William) and father (Robert) also served as bishops in the Diocese of Huron.[6]

Townshend is married to Stacey, and they have three children: Tyne, Seth, and Samuel.

Published works

Townshend academic work includes the aforementioned book, The Sacramentality of Preaching, as well as contributions to multi-author works:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: We Have A Bishop . Huron Church News . . October 26, 2019 . en . London, Ontario . October 18, 2022 . October 18, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221018153627/https://diohuron.org/news/we-have-a-bishop . live.
  2. News: Marty . Levesque . March 2020 . Huron Church News . . September 14, 2020 . en . April 16, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210416083504/https://diohuron.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/web-March2020.pdf . dead.
  3. Book: The sacramentality of preaching : homiletical uses of Louis-Marie Chauvet's theology of sacramentality . Townshend . Todd . 2009 . Peter Lang . en . New York . 9781433105166 . October 18, 2022 . October 18, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221018153630/https://librarysearch.library.utoronto.ca/discovery/fulldisplay?&context=L&vid=01UTORONTO_INST:UTORONTO&search_scope=UTL_AND_CI&tab=Everything&docid=alma991106087805806196 . live.
  4. Web site: New Bishop of Huron . November 26, 2019 . The Anglican Planet . en . January 26, 2020 . January 26, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200126100055/https://anglicanplanet.net/new-bishop-of-huron/ . live.
  5. News: New bishop elected for diocese of Huron . Kidd . Joelle . October 30, 2019 . . en . January 26, 2020 . October 18, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221018153627/https://anglicanjournal.com/new-bishop-elected-for-diocese-of-huron/ . live.
  6. Web site: Past Suffragan Bishops of Huron . October 18, 2022 . . en . October 18, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221018153628/https://diohuron.org/about-us/our-history/pages/past-suffragan-bishops-of-huron . live.