David Lehmann

David Thomas James Lehmann is a Canadian Anglican bishop. Since 2018, he has been bishop of Caledonia in northern British Columbia.

Early life and education Lehmann was born in Toronto and raised in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories, where his parents moved for work. He was educated at Camrose Lutheran College in Alberta, where he graduated in 1990 with a B.A. in history. He went to seminary at Wycliffe College in Toronto. In 1991, Lehmann entered the Canadian Forces Naval Reserve, serving until 2010 in chaplaincy ministry.

Episcopacy In October 2017, Lehmann was elected bishop of Caledonia on the 20th ballot. His election followed a contentious period in the diocese, which had elected Jacob Worley as bishop in 2017 to succeed the retired William Anderson. However, the Ecclesiastical Province of British Columbia and Yukon bishops refused to grant consent to Worley's election due to his prior involvement with Anglican realignment groups in the United States. At the time of his election, Lehmann identified his churchmanship as broad and his theology as "lean[ing] toward conservative evangelical." He was opposed to same-sex marriage in the Anglican Church of Canada.

Personal life During his episcopacy, Lehmann completed a doctorate of ministry at Trinity Anglican Seminary. He is unmarried.