Bishop Townshend has accepted the request of The Venerable Sam Thomas to retire effective September 30, 2022 with his last day in the parish being Sunday, June 26, 2022.
Archdeacon Sam was ordained a deacon on May 1, 1985 and priested on November 11th of that year. He has served the parishes of Church of the Ascension, Windsor; St. Hilda’s-St. Luke’s, St. Thomas and St. Michael and All Angels, London.
He has also served on Diocesan Council, Diocesan Sub-Council, the Bishop's Chaplain Committee, the Nominating Committee, the Postulancy Board, the Committee on Assistance to Theological Students, the Council of Advice, the Ontario Provincial Committee on Theological Education, General Synod’s Congregational Development Committee and as Regional Dean of Delaware.
Archdeacon Sam was named a Canon of the Cathedral on May 25, 2003 and appointed the Archdeacon of Erie January 1, 2012 and the Archdeacon of London September 9, 2013.
Archdeacon Sam will be honoured with the other retirees at an event in June.
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