Chris Harper has been the Bishop of Saskatoon since 2018. Harper is the first

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priest to be ordained a bishop.. Harper was born in Paradise Hill, Saskatchewan and spent much of his younger life on Onion Lake Cree Nation. Harper was an

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before his call to

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. Since then he has worked in the Dioceses of

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, Algoma and

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. In December 2022, it was announced that Harper will succeed Mark MacDonald as National Indigenous Anglican Archbishop.

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