David John Bena (born December 10, 1943) is an American Anglican bishop. He was

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of the

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from 2000 to 2007. He subsequently joined the Convocation of Anglicans in North America, in March 2007, a missionary body of the Church of Nigeria in the

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and

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, that would be a founding body of the Anglican Church in North America, in 2009. He served as Suffragan Bishop of CANA, assisting Missionary Bishop

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in CANA's church-growing until his retirement in 2011. He came out of retirement to be interim rector of St. Margaret's Anglican Church in

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. Bishop Bena now serves as Assistant Bishop of the ACNA Diocese of CANA East.

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David Bena Biography at CANA Official Website
Living people American Anglican Church in North America members Bishops of the Anglican Church in North America 1943 births Episcopal bishops of Albany 21st-century American clergy {{US-Anglican-bishop-stub

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