# Bruce Stavert

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{{Short description|Canadian Anglican metropolitan (1940–2023)}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type             = Metropolitan
| honorific_prefix = [The Most Reverend](/source/The_Most_Reverend)
| name             = Bruce Stavert
| honorific_suffix = 
| title            = Metropolitan of Canada
| church           = [Anglican Church of Canada](/source/Anglican_Church_of_Canada)
| archdiocese      = 
| province         = 
| metropolis       = 
| diocese          = [Province of Canada](/source/Ecclesiastical_Province_of_Canada)
| see              = 
| elected          = 
| term             = 2004–2009
| quashed          = <!-- or | retired = -->
| predecessor      = [Andrew Hutchison](/source/Andrew_Hutchison)
| successor        = [Claude Miller](/source/Claude_Miller_(bishop))
| opposed          = 
| other_post       = [Bishop of Quebec](/source/Anglican_Diocese_of_Quebec) (1990–2009)
| ordination       = 1964
| birth_name       = 
| birth_date       = {{Birth date|1940|04|01|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [Montreal, Quebec](/source/Montreal%2C_Quebec), Canada
| death_date       = {{Death date and age|2023|09|11|1940|04|01|df=y}}
| alma_mater       = [Trinity College](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Toronto) ([STB](/source/Baccalaureate_in_Sacred_Theology), [MTh](/source/Master_of_Theology))
}}

'''Alexander Bruce Stavert''' (1 April 1940 – 11 September 2023) was a Canadian [Anglican](/source/Anglican) prelate. He served as [bishop of Quebec](/source/Anglican_Diocese_of_Quebec) (1990–2009) and as [metropolitan of Canada](/source/Ecclesiastical_Province_of_Canada) (2004–2009).<ref>{{cite news|title=New Archbishop for Quebec|url=http://www.sherbrookerecord.com/content/view/225018/1/|access-date=28 December 2010|newspaper=Sherbrooke Record|date=June 2, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716054910/http://www.sherbrookerecord.com/content/view/225018/1/|archive-date=16 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Lords Bishop of the Diocese of Quebec|url=http://quebec.anglican.org/Front%20page/the%20diocese/Bishops/the%20bishops%20of%20the%20diocese.dwt|publisher=Anglican Church of Canada|access-date=28 December 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728084128/http://quebec.anglican.org/Front%20page/the%20diocese/Bishops/the%20bishops%20of%20the%20diocese.dwt|archive-date=28 July 2011}}</ref>

Born on 1 April 1940 in [Montreal, Quebec](/source/Montreal%2C_Quebec), Canada,<ref name="Who's Who">{{Who's Who|id=U31680|title=Stavert, Most Rev. Alexander Bruce}}</ref><ref name="obit">{{Cite web |title=Bruce Stavert |url=https://www.legacy.com/ca/obituaries/theglobeandmail/name/bruce-stavert-obituary?id=53227611 |work=[The Globe & Mail](/source/The_Globe_%26_Mail) |via=[Legacy.com](/source/Legacy.com) |access-date=30 September 2023}}</ref> Stavert was educated at [Trinity College](/source/University_of_Trinity_College) in [Toronto](/source/University_of_Toronto). He was [ordained](/source/ordained) in 1964<ref>''[Crockford's Clerical Directory](/source/Crockford's_Clerical_Directory) 1975-76'' London: Oxford University Press, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}}</ref> and began his  career at [Schefferville, Quebec](/source/Schefferville%2C_Quebec).  He was a [fellow](/source/fellow) and [chaplain](/source/chaplain) at his old college until 1976 and then the [incumbent](/source/Incumbent_(ecclesiastical)) at St Clement's Mission East, St Paul's River in [Quebec](/source/Quebec). He was [chaplain](/source/chaplain) at [Bishop's University](/source/Bishop's_University) from 1981 to 1984; and then [Dean of Saskatchewan](/source/Diocese_of_Saskatchewan) until his elevation to the [episcopate](/source/episcopate).

He was created a Companion of the Roll of Honour of the Memorial of Merit of King Charles the Martyr in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=ROLL OF HONOUR OF THE MEMORIAL OF MERIT OF KING CHARLES THE MARTYR |url=https://memorialofmerit.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/master-roll-of-honour-mmcm-updated-august-2021-1.pdf |website=memorialofmerit.com |publisher=Memorial of Merit |access-date=25 February 2026}}</ref>

Stavert died on 11 September 2023, at the age of 83.<ref name="obit"></ref>

==References==
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{{s-ttl|title=[Bishop of Quebec](/source/Anglican_Diocese_of_Quebec)|years=1990–2009}}
{{s-aft|after=[Dennis Drainville](/source/Dennis_Drainville)}}
{{s-bef|before=[Andrew Sandford Hutchison](/source/Andrew_Sandford_Hutchison)}}
{{s-ttl|title=[Metropolitan of Canada](/source/Ecclesiastical_Province_of_Canada)|years=2004–2009}}
{{s-aft|after=[Claude Weston Miller](/source/Claude_Weston_Miller)}}
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