Michael Bird (bishop)


Michael Bird is a Canadian Anglican bishop. Since 2008, he has been the Bishop of Niagara in the Anglican Church of Canada.
Bird was born in Oakville, Ontario on 15 November 1957 and educated at the University of Toronto, he was ordained in 1984. He has held incumbencies at Burin, Newfoundland; St Paul's, Dunnville; St Cuthbert's, Oakville; and St Luke's, Burlington. He became coadjutor bishop of Niagara in 2007 and its diocesan a year later.
On 12 September 2017, he announced that he would be stepping down on 1 June 2018.. An electoral synod to choose his successor is to be held Saturday, 3 March 2018.