Richard Reed (bishop)

Reed was born in 1967 in Nashville, Tennessee, where he was raised and baptized in the Episcopal Church. In his early 20s, he renewed his Christian practice, returned to church and spent three years in Kolkata as a missionary through Youth With A Mission.^[1] He is married to Julie-Anne; as of 2024, they had four grown children and one grandchild.^[2]

Reed moved to Canada in 1998 to attend Regent College, where he earned a master's degree in Christian studies. He was ordained as a deacon in the Anglican Church in 2005 and as a priest in 2006. As a priest, he held incumbencies in the Diocese of Brandon and the Diocese of Algoma before moving to Saskatchewan, where he was priest in charge of a three-church parish based in Prince Albert.^[1]

In 2024, Reed was elected the 13th bishop of Saskatchewan on the fifth ballot.^[1] He was consecrated and installed as bishop on September 6, 2024, by Archbishop Greg Kerr-Wilson at the St. Alban's Cathedral in Prince Albert.^[2]