The Rt. Rev. Dr. Stephen Andrews served as the tenth Bishop of the Diocese of Algoma from 2009-2016. He studied Classics at the University of Colorado and theology at Regent College and Wycliffe College, where he received his M.Div. degree in 1984. After two years in London as Study Assistant to The Rev. Dr John Stott, he was ordained in the Diocese of Nova Scotia in 1986 and served as the Assistant Curate at historic St Paul’s, Halifax, until 1990. He completed a Doctor of Philosophy in the Faculty of Divinity at Cambridge University in 1995, with a dissertation entitled ‘Ancient Interpretation of Divine Judgement in Eden (Genesis 3.14-19).’
In 1994, Dr. Andrews became the Rector of The Cathedral Church of St. Alban the Martyr and Dean of the Diocese of Saskatchewan, in Prince Albert, where he was also Principal of the James Settee College for Ministry, a training initiative for First Nations church leaders.
In 2001 he was appointed President, Provost and Vice-Chancellor of Thorneloe University College, a founding member of the Laurentian University Federation in Sudbury, Ontario. Here he was the Director of the Thorneloe School of Theology programme. He held this position until his election as Bishop of the Diocese of Algoma in 2008. During his tenure as Bishop Andrews maintained status as an Adjunct Faculty member at Laurentian and occasionally taught in the Join Department of Religious Studies. He serves on the board of Thorneloe University College.
Dr. Andrews has held numerous positions within the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada, he served on the Council of general Synod and acted as the chair of the Faith Worship and Ministry Committee. He has been the Bishop’s appointment on the Algoma Diocesan Executive Committee and a member of the Algoma Postulancy Commission. He is a former National Chaplain to the Royal Canadian College of Organists, and was a member of the Primate’s Theological Commission. In 2007 he was elected as Prolocutor of the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada and subsequently as clerical member of the Anglican Consultative Council. In 2013 he was appointed the Chair of the Ontario Provincial Commission on Theological Education.
In April 2016 he was announced as the tenth Principal of Wycliffe College, University of Toronto.
