Joey Royal

The school, which offers in-person and virtual training for diaconal candidates and lay ministers in the geographically far-flung but lightly populated Arctic region, was housed at the new St. Jude's Cathedral.

[6] At the diocese's triennial synod in Yellowknife in March 2019, Royal was elected and consecrated a suffragan bishop alongside Annie Ittoshat and Lucy Netser.

[8] Royal said he would resign as a suffragan bishop of the Diocese of the Arctic, rector of Holy Trinity and head of ATTS effective October 20, 2024.

[9] "As a diocese we’ve been very clear that we’re opposed to changing it, and our opposition on this is due simply to our conviction that male-female marriage is divinely given and rooted in creation itself," Royal said in 2019.

"[10] In 2023, alongside the other Arctic bishops, Royal objected to the ACC's approval of gender transition liturgies and said they would not be authorized in the diocese.