Ordained to the priesthood on May 22, 1982, Gordon was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Victoria in Canada in 2014.

Born on June 10, 1957, at St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver,[1] British Columbia, and raised in Burnaby, Gordon studied at the Seminary of Christ the King, Mission, B.C.

[3] Gordon also served as the Pacific regional representative of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) with the Interfaith Committee on Chaplaincy of the Correctional Service of Canada (1994-2006), and was the CCCB principal liaison and spokesperson on the Interfaith Committee (2002-2006).

Since 2007, Gordon has been the CCCB Bishop ponens for Catholics involved in prison chaplaincy and pastoral services.

On Saturday, June 14, 2014, Pope Francis named Gary Gordon as Bishop of Victoria.