Archbishop Stavert, bilingual native of Montreal, was ordained a priest in 1965 and consecrated the 11th Lord Bishop of Quebec, the Anglican church's second oldest diocese in 1991. He is married to Diana Greig and they have three children: Kathleen, Rosamond and Timothy.
He received a Bachelor's degree at Bishop's University, Lennoxville, a Bachelor of Sacred Theology and a Master of Theology from Trinity College, University of Toronto, which in 1986 honoured him with a Doctorate in Divinity.
Prior to being elected bishop of Quebec, Archbishop Stavert served as Incumbent of the Parish of Schefferville; as Fellow, Tutor and later Chaplain at Trinity College; as Incumbent in the St Clement’s Mission on Quebec’s Lower North shore; as Chaplain at Bishop’s University and Champlain College. He was elected as bishop of Quebec while serving as Dean and Rector of St Alban’s Cathedral, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
As bishop he has been active on the National church level including serving on the Anglican Foundation and National Executive Council. Since 1999 Archbishop Stavert has been the co-chair of the Canadian dialogue between the Anglican Church and the Roman Catholic Church.
Bishop Bruce Stavert, Lord Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Québec was elected, by the Provincial Council at its meetings in Gander Newfoundland, as Metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada on September 23 rd. Archbishop Stavert was formally installed at a service in St. Martin's Cathedral, Gander, on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2004
The metropolitan as senior bishop has pastoral oversight for the province and presides at meetings of the provincial synod and council and at the consecration and installation of bishops. He succeeds Archbishop Andrew Hutchison, who was elected Primate of the Anglican Church of Canada at its General Synod on May 31,2004.
Archbishop Stavert is the second bishop of Québec to be elected Metropolitan; the first was Archbishop Philip Carrington, who served as bishop of Québec from 1935 until 1960 and as Archbishop from 1944 to 1960.
The province of Canada, the original church province created in Canada, includes the dioceses of Montreal, Québec, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, Fredericton, Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador, Central Newfoundland and Western Newfoundland.
