Darrell Critch
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Darrell Critch | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Mahajanga | |
| Church | Anglican Church in North America Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean |
| Diocese | Mahajanga |
| In office | 2024–present |
| Predecessor | Hall Speers |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 15 December 2024 by James Wong |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1970 or 1971 (age 53–54) |
Darrell Critch (born 1972) is a Canadian-born Anglican bishop. Since December 2024, he has been the third diocesan bishop of Mahajanga, Madagascar, in the Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean. Prior to his election as bishop, he was the founding rector of the Anglican Church of the Good Samaritan in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Critch is a native of Newfoundland.[1] After receiving music degrees from Memorial University of Newfoundland[2] and an M.Div. at Nashotah House, he was ordained in the Anglican Church of Canada's Diocese of Eastern Newfoundland and Labrador.[1] He later received a D.Min. from Nashotah House.[2]
During the Anglican realignment in 2008, while serving as rector of St. Mary the Virgin in St. John's, Critch was removed from his office by then-Bishop Cyrus Pitman. Critch then joined the Anglican Network in Canada and planted Good Samaritan.[3] Good Samaritan worshiped at 27 different locations during its first 12 years, but in 2020, the church received an anonymous CAD2.5 million gift that allowed it to purchase the former Anglican Church of St. Michael and All Angels on 10 St. Clare Road in St. John's.[4] The church, built in 1959, had been deconsecrated and used as a fitness center.[5] The church is also the home of Packer College, ANiC's diocesan seminary, where Critch was founding chaplain.[6][7] Critch was also a regional archdeacon for ANiC.[2]