Walter Asbil

      Walter Gordon Asbil is a retired Canadian Anglican bishop.

      Asbil was born on 3 October 1932 and educated at Concordia University. He was ordained in 1957.[1] His first ministry position was at Aylwin River Desert. He held incumbencies at South Shore, Montreal, St Stephen’s Montreal, St George's Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec and St George's in St Catharines.[2] From 1986 to 1990 he was Dean of Christ Church Cathedral, Ottawa when he became coadjutor bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Niagara and then its diocesan bishop in 1991.[3] He retired in 1997.

      Religious titles
      Preceded by
      John Charles Bothwell
      Bishop of Niagara
      1991 –1997
      Succeeded by
      David Ralph Spence
      Last modified on 29 January 2013, at 14:17