Ralph Spence (bishop)
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The Right Rev. David Ralph Spence FRHSC |
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| Church | Anglican Church of Canada |
| Diocese | Niagara |
| Elected | 1997 |
| In office | 1998-2008 |
| Predecessor | Walter Asbil |
| Successor | Michael Bird |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1968 by Walter Bagnall |
| Consecration | 1997 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 10, 1942 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Spouse | Carol Spence |
| Education | BA (McMaster University), L.Th (Wycliffe College, Toronto) |
| The arms of The Rt. Rev. David Ralph Spence | |
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| Details | |
| Armiger | David Ralph Spence |
| Adopted | September 24, 1973 |
| Crest | A beaver sejant Or on a grassy mound Vert holding a banner of the Arms. |
| Escutcheon | Or a lion rampant Gules within a bordure Vert, over all a bend nebuly Sable, in dexter chief a canton voided Gules. |
| Motto | "JUBILATE DEO" (Latin phrase is the opening of Psalm 100 and is translated as “Make a joyful noise onto the Lord”) |
David Ralph Spence, FRHSC is a retired CanadianAnglican bishop.
Spence was born on 10 March 1942 in Hamilton, Ontario. He received a B.A. degree from McMaster University, Hamilton in 1964 and a L.Th. from Wycliffe College, Toronto in 1968. He was ordained a deacon on 5 May 1968 and then a priest on 1 December 1968 by Bishop Walter Bagnall. Spence was an assistant curate at St. George’s Guelph (1968-1970) and then the rector of St. Bartholomew's Hamilton (1970 -1974). After further incumbencies at St. John's Thorold (1975-1982) and St. Luke’s Burlington (1982-1997) he became the Archdeacon of Trafalgar in 1992 until his consecration to the episcopate as Bishop of Niagara on 21 September 1997 at Christ's Church Cathedral. He was installed at that same cathedral as the tenth Bishop of Niagara on 11 January 1998 and he retired on 29 February 2008.
In 2008, Spence became the Chancellor of Renison University College, Waterloo, serving until 2016.
Since his youth, Spence has had a passion for flags (or vexillology) and heraldry. He has designed numerous personal coats of arms (including his own), coats of arms for churches in the Diocese of Niagara as well as for communities and organizations in Ontario. In 1981, he became a Fellow of the Royal Heraldry Society of Canada. For his contributions to Canadian heraldry, in 2006 he was appointed Herald Extraordinary with the Canadian Heraldic Authority and in 2007 he was given the title "Albion Herald Extraordinary" by the Governor General of Canada.
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