Jennifer Ann Andison (born September 18, 1971) is a Canadian

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cleric. She was

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of the York-Credit Valley episcopal area in the Diocese of Toronto from 2017 to 2021. She is currently the incumbent of

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, the largest Anglican church in Toronto.

Biography

Andison was born in 1971 in the United Kingdom. Her parents were medical missionaries with the

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, she spent formative years in Pakistan and the family emigrated to Canada when she was 11. She has lived in Pakistan, India, Singapore and

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. She was educated at

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and graduated from Wycliffe College, University of Toronto, with a

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in 1997. She was ordained in the

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in 1999. Andison served as deacon at St. Alban's, Tokyo, in 1998; assistant curate at St. Timothy's, Agincourt, from 1999–2001;

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at St. James's, Clerkenwell, from 2001–2005; associate priest at

from 2006–2013; and incumbent at St. Clement's, Eglinton, from 2013–2017. On September 17, 2016, Andison was elected as a

, alongside Kevin Robertson and

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. She was consecrated on January 7, 2017, by Colin Johnson, Bishop of Toronto, and

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, Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, at St. Paul's, Bloor Street. Johnson appointed her to the York-Credit Valley episcopal area. In October 2020, she announced her intention to step down as bishop in early 2021 and become the incumbent of St. Paul's, Bloor Street.Andison stepping down as bishop - The Anglican Planet
/ref> She has retained the title of bishop and the style '' The Right Reverend''. Jenny Andison is married to Tim, a corporate lawyer, and they have three daughters, Emma, Kate and Charlotte.

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Installation as Bishop

Meeting Bishop Jenny Andison
1972 births Living people Queen's University at Kingston alumni University of Toronto alumni Anglican bishops of Toronto 21st-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops {{Canada-Anglican-bishop-stub