Stephen Andrews

The Rt. Rev. Stephen Andrews is the Principal and Helliwell Professor of Biblical Interpretation at Wycliffe College, Toronto. Before taking on this role in 2016, he was Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Algoma. Stephen Andrews was consecrated Bishop in 2009. He was the President and Vice-Chancellor of Thorneloe University, Sudbury, Ontario 2001-2009.

He studied Classics at the University of Colorado and Theology at Regent College and Wycliffe College, where he received his M.Div. He was ordained in the Diocese of Nova Scotia in 1986 and went on to obtain a Ph.D. in Divinity at University the University of Cambridge in 1995. Andrews was the Rector of the Cathedral of St. Alban the Martyr and Dean of the Diocese of Saskatchewan, where he was also Principal of the James Settee College for Ministry, a training initiative for First Nations church leaders. Wycliffe College honoured him with a D.D. in 2010 and Thorneloe University with an S.T.D. in 2016.

Bishop Andrews has been active in the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada since 1997, serving as Prolocutor and member of the Council of General Synod, and as member of the Anglican Consultative Council. He was Chair of the Faith, Worship, and Ministry Committee, and is a former National Chaplain to the Royal Canadian College of Organists. He was a member of the Primate’s Theological Commission, and Chair of the Ontario Provincial Commission on Theological Education.

Bishop Andrews is married to Fawna, a psychotherapist, and they have two married daughters and a grandson.