According to our baptismal covenant, our ministers are all the members of the parish. We have clerical and lay leadership to give us focus and direction as we seek to live out God's call for us in the world.

The Right Reverend George L R Bruce
Bishop of Ontario
Ordinary of Her Majesty's Chapel Royal of the Mohawks

Born in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England in 1942, Bishop Bruce moved with his family to the United States in 1953.  Following high school in England and Montreal, he served in the Canadian Forces from 1959 to 1986.  He received a history degree from the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston and was ordained to the priesthood in 1987 after studying at the Montreal Diocesan Theological College.

Bishop Bruce served in two parishes in the Diocese of Ottawa before becoming Rector of St James the Apostle's Church in Perth.  He and his wife, Theo, founded Perth's food bank during their ministry there.

In 2000, Bishop Bruce was appointed Dean of Ontario, Rector of Kingston and Incumbent of the Cathedral Church of St George, Kingston.  On 8 June 2002, Bishop Bruce was elected Co-adjutor Bishop, with right of succession to the Rt Rev'd Peter Mason, the retiring Bishop of Ontario.  He was consecrated a bishop on 28 September 2002 at St George's Cathedral.  Bishop and Mrs Bruce have five children.

The Reverend Bradley D Smith
Rector of Tyendinaga
Chaplain of Her Majesty's Chapel Royal of the Mohawks

Brad Smith was born in 1980 and raised in Cameron, Ontario, a rural farming community.  His parish church while growing up was St George's, Cameron, where he attended until it was deconsecrated in September 1998.  Brad reflects that the close knit community of the largely rural congregation is one of the decisive factors in his vocation to ordained ministry.

Brad has a bachelor's degree in Arts, with a major in History, from Queen's University in Kingston and a Master of Divinity from the University of Trinity College in Toronto, where he was also Head of Divinity in his third year.  He has done professional development at the Royal Military College of Canada and Queen's Theological College.

Brad is a commissioned officer in the Canadian Forces.  He served in the Naval Reserve from March 2001 to November 2006 and worked in Kingston, Toronto, Quebec City and Esquimalt in Naval Reserve Divisions, aboard Kingston-class warships and for the Canadian Defence Academy.  Now wearing an Army uniform, he is currently the Chaplain of the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, Canada's most decorated Army unit in the Second World War.

Involvement in the Church has taken Brad from his home church to the Cathedral Church of St George in Kingston and the Parishes of:  Wolfe Island; St Peter's, Collins Bay; Church of the Messiah, Toronto; Powassan, Callander, Restoule and Chisholm (Diocese of Algoma); and St Barnabas', Chester (Toronto).

He is currently the incumbent in the Parish of Tyendinaga, ministering among the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte and people of  neighbouring communities and is the Regional Dean of Quinte in the Diocese of Ontario.  He sits on the Diocese of Ontario's Stewardship and Financial Development Committee and is a member of the joint Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston and Diocese of Ontario Committee on Human Trafficking.

The Reverend Canon Cyril J Betts
Honorary Associate Priest

Canon Betts was the Rector of Tyendinaga from 1969 to 1975 and  assisted the parish in its transition from interim ministries to the arrival of the Rector in 2005.

Churchwardens

Parish Council

The Parish Council consists of the Rector, Churchwardens, Treasurers, Lay Delegates to Synod and four elected Members-at-Large from each congregation in the parish.  The Parish Council represents the Vestry of the Parish and advises the Rector and Wardens in the governance of the Parish of Tyendinaga.  Minutes from meetings of the Parish Council can be read on the Parish Council page.

Organist and Director of Music

Steven Lindsay
For more on our music programme, please visit the Music page.