Bishop Donald Phillips

The Right Reverend Donald Phillips, PhD

Don(ald) is a retired Anglican Church of Canada diocesan bishop. He served the Diocese of Rupert’s Land for over 18 years, retiring in 2018. During that time he managed to complete a PhD degree from Durham University (UK) specializing in Christology, Liturgy and Culture. Before taking on episcopal ministry, he served as a parish priest and a diocesan ministry developer in two different dioceses on the Canadian Prairies.

Worship, music, and supporting the ministries of all the baptized have always been at the heart of his
ministry. Following his retirement from full-time episcopal ministry, he developed and taught courses in
liturgical theology and contextual theology. In November 2024 he published a book called Developing a New Christology for a Postmodern Culture: Knowing Christ Today.

He is married to Nancy Phillips and together they have two sons and six grandchildren. In mid-life he
took up physical fitness, and served as a volunteer Fitness Instructor for 25 years with the local YM/YWCA until the beginning of the Covid pandemic in 2020. He continues to enjoy running and taking daily walks with Nancy.

(Biography originally written in 2023 and provided by +Don Phillips)