David Hamid (born 18 June 1955) is a retired Anglican bishop with British and Canadian citizenship.
He studied at McMaster University, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1978.
[4] Hamid was ordained in the Anglican Church of Canada as a deacon in June 1981[5] and as a priest in 1982.
[4] On 17 October 2002, at Southwark Cathedral, he was one (with Richard Cheetham and David Hawkins) of the last three people to be ordained and consecrated a bishop by George Carey before his retirement as Archbishop of Canterbury.
[9][10] In November 2023, he was one of 44 Church of England bishops who signed an open letter supporting the use of the Prayers of Love and Faith (i.e. blessings for same-sex couples) and called for "Guidance being issued without delay that includes the removal of all restrictions on clergy entering same-sex civil marriages, and on bishops ordaining and licensing such clergy".