Rest in Peace: The Rev. Douglas Stanley

Douglas was born in Toronto and attended the University of Toronto and Wycliffe College. He was ordained priest on June 30, 1963 by Bishop Donald Marsh, Diocese of the Arctic.  1963 was also the year that he married Daphne. Douglas served as Assistant Curate at Fort Chimo, Quebec from 1962-1963, and then as Missionary Priest of Tuktoyaktuk from 1963-1966.  He then served in the Diocese of Algoma for 26 years as a “worker priest”, teaching high school while serving as an interim priest at St. James, Goulais River, and at St. John the Evangelist and Holy Trinity, Sault Ste. Marie.   

Douglas was a member of the Anglican Fellowship of Prayer, and of the Cursillo Movement.  He was a Board Member of the Anglican Missions Service Committee and of the Algoma Anglican newspaper, to which he also contributed articles on prayer.  He was a Chaplain of the Order of St. Luke; Chaplain to the Royal Canadian Naval Association; and Chaplain to the Royal Canadian Air Force Association 432 Wing.

After retiring in 1994, he came to the Diocese of Kootenay and was Assistant Priest at St. Aidan’s, Rutland in 1996, and then served at St. Barbara’s, Okanagan Falls from 2000-2009.  At the time of his death, he had served as Honorary Assistant at the Cathedral Church of St. Michael & All Angels for 16 years.  

Douglas enjoyed pastoral and hospital visiting, as well as teaching and counselling. Having served in several parishes, he appreciated that different parishes operate in their own unique ways to love and serve the Lord, and that this was a blessing to him.

He leaves behind his wife, Daphne, and three grown children.